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In an age of social isolation, what does it mean to belong?

 

Humanity is at an inflection point. Stress, disconnection, and increasing environmental degradation have people yearning for more than just material progress, personal freedom, or political stability. We are searching for deeper connection. We are longing to belong.

 

On Belonging is an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and of the fundamental human need to belong. It considers belonging across four core dimensions: in our relationships with other people, in our rootedness in nature, in our ability to influence political and economic decision-making, and in our finding of meaning and purpose in our lives, with lessons on how to create communities centered on human connection.

 

A trailblazing advocate and thought leader on questions of social connectedness, Kim Samuel introduces readers to leaders around the world who are doing the work to cultivate belonging. Whether through sports, medicine, music, business, culture, or advocacy, the people and programs in this book offer us meaningful lessons on building a world where we all feel at home.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Patterns of Belonging

1 (17)

Chapter 2 Understanding Social Isolation

18 (22)

Chapter 3 The Shadow Side of Belonging

40 (18)

Chapter 4 The Quest for Belonging

58 (21)

Chapter 5 At Home within Ourselves

79 (21)

Chapter 6 The True Value of Place

100 (21)

Chapter 7 Designing the City of Imagination

121 (24)

Chapter 8 Reciprocal Caregiving

145 (22)

Chapter 9 Systems of Belonging

167 (25)

Chapter 10 The Right to Belong

192 (21)

Chapter 11 Belonging to a Shared Global Future

213 (30)

In Gratitude 243 (8)

Notes 251 (30)

Index 281