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One City: A Declaration of Interdependence

One City: A Declaration of Interdependence
By Ethan Nichtern

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Ethan Nichtern, the charismatic and creative force behind New York's upstart Interdependence Project is your guide to the beauty that is everywhere in the urban jungle. There may be no greater setting for exploring the great truth of interdependence that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. expounded. With pop-culture savvy, humor, and literary liveliness, One City melds Dr. King’s message with modern Buddhist wisdom to explain how we might best live together — no matter who we are, and no matter where.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #163080 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-07-26
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 224 pages

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"Destined to be a modern spiritual classic. Ethan has a powerful voice and is at the forefront of the new generation of spiritual revolutionaries." — Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx and Against the Stream


"A trenchant and engaging call to an expanded awareness. Buddhism 3.0 meets the global consciousness movement.” — Daniel Goleman, author Social Intelligence
"One City is your story and mine, alive and compelling."-Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness, The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
"This is the ancient wisdom of Buddhism made relevant for people who can watch TV while listening to their iPod and IM-ing friends."-Susan Piver, author of How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life
"This book is great. It should reach the next generation in the same way that classics by Jack Kornfield and Ram Dass reached mine."-State Senator Eric Schneiderman (New York)
"At age 29, Nichtern is keenly aware of the consumer wallpaper of our everyday lives. We may be awash in the materialism that feeds desire, says Nichtern, but interdependence makes the planet one city."--Shambhala Sun

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Well-written, accessible and timely5
Nichtern does a great job examining the principle of interdependent existence at length, expertly weaving in illustrative personal anecdotes. He also addresses contemporary cultural, political and economic currents in context. It's a well-written and timely addition to a vital conversation.

Fast-paced, succinct and intelligent5
A great, well-written and accessible book. As someone who appreciates good writing, I have to say that the segues are particularly well done. This accounts for the incredibly fluid and logical flow as the book transitions from one topic to the next.

The topics themselves can be abstract and hard to grasp, but Ethan's exploration and explanation of them make it almost effortless to understand. He uses many concrete, modern day issues and examples to illustrate age-old concepts that could easily have been written out in a vague, fortune-cookie style way. It is very easy to relate to the ideas presented in his book.

It's a fast read and I highly recommend it!

A Really Great READ - A TRULY TIMELY TOPIC5
I read this book from start to finish in two sittings yesterday. It was amazingly well written and flowed much more easily than other spiritual books I've read.

It's also incredibly hopeful, and incredibly relevant.

I've heard Ethan Nichtern do poetry readings as well. I hope he has a lot more writing in him, because I can't wait to read it. This is a great one to get for friends who are interested in ANY of the following:

Meditation, Buddhism, Culture, The Environment, Politics, Life!