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Jonathan Rowson
Jonathan Rowson
Philosopher | Director, Perspectiva
Philosopher | Director, Perspectiva
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Dr. Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and Director of Perspectiva. He was until recently Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA where, over the course of six years, he authored a range of influential research reports on behaviour change, climate change and spirituality, and curated and chaired a range of related events.

Jonathan is an applied philosopher with degrees spanning a range of humanities and social sciences from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. In a former life he was a chess Grandmaster and British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His book, The Seven Dimensions of Climate Change: rethinking the world’s toughest problem will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in early 2017.

He lives in Putney, London, with his wife Siva, an academic lawyer from South India and their two sons, Kailash and Vishnu.

His recent work includes Money Talks: Divest Invest and the Battle for Climate Realism and Spiritualise: Revitalising Spirituality to address 21st Century Challenges.

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Emerge
Independent, non-profit media platform sowing the seeds of a new civilisation.


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From the About page on the Emerge website:

Emerge is an independent, non-profit media platform highlighting the initiatives, individuals and ways of thinking that are sowing the seeds of a new civilisation.

We are exploring how to act wisely in a world that seems out of control. We aim to explore the emerging cultural narratives of our time by collecting useful content from across the web, profiling change-makers and thinkers, publishing thought-provoking commentary and producing original videos and podcasts.

Emerge is a hub for people and initiatives searching for solutions to pressing global challenges, asking the question: What new patterns of living, working and existing together are currently emerging?

We are a network and a movement that celebrates people and projects. Our purpose is constantly emerging and taking shape. We offer an invitation to each of us to discover our role in this new story.

Emerge began as a three-day Gathering in Berlin in November 2018 initiated by three non-profit organisations: Perspectiva, London; co-creation.loft, Berlin and Ekskäret Foundation, Stockholm. The gathering brought together pioneers in complexity science, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, sustainability, creativity, and wisdom to explore dynamic solutions to our planet’s greatest challenges and discover new pathways of working, living and creating together.

In 2019, we held the second Emerge Gathering in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Perspectiva
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Systems, Soul, Society

Build the intellectual foundations for a more conscious society

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We are a research platform that seeks to build the intellectual foundations for a more conscious society – a diverse and plural society awake to itself, united by an awareness of ecological constraints, systemic influences and the development of human empathy and consciousness throughout the lifespan.

We believe the world’s major challenges stem from a crisis of perception and imagination, and the failure of political culture to honour the fullness of reality. We are fascinated by the myriad ways in which our tacitly held worldviews shape our judgement, and how spiritual needs for security, meaning and purpose indirectly create political and economic outcomes.

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Last 50 posts on own channels (YouTube, Podcast, Medium or Website/Blog):

Bringing love from the margins to the centre of life
Published on: 16 Dec 21 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

It’s about Protection, not Safety: why we decided not to send our children to school
Published on: 3 Sep 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

It’s about Protection, not Safety: why we decided not to send our children to school (for now).
Published on: 3 Sep 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

The Meaning of Sacrifice at Easter
Published on: 10 Apr 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

The Meaning of Sacrifice at Easter
Published on: 10 Apr 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

The End of Think Tanks and the Beginning of Thinking
Published on: 2 Mar 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

How to think about the meta-crisis without getting too excited.*
Published on: 15 Feb 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

How to think about the meta-crisis without getting too excited.*
Published on: 14 Feb 20 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

What Chess Can Teach You About Luck
Published on: 15 Nov 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Why do people drink alcohol?
Published on: 6 Mar 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Why do people drink alcohol?
Published on: 6 Mar 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Cultural Indigestion: What we learned and failed to learn from Jordan Peterson’s rise to fame.
Published on: 1 Mar 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Cultural Indigestion: What we learned and failed to learn from Jordan Peterson’s rise to fame.
Published on: 1 Mar 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Brexit, Democracy and the Sacred: Why a second referendum has to be sacrificial.
Published on: 13 Jan 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Brexit, Democracy and the Sacred: Why a second referendum has to be sacrificial.
Published on: 9 Jan 19 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

The Nordic Secret: why personal development may be the key to social democracy
Published on: 17 Feb 18 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

The recurring challenge of your life: how to get from act one to act two
Published on: 2 Feb 18 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Christmas is about more than consumerism, fa la la la la la la la la.
Published on: 6 Dec 17 in Jonathan Rowson – Medium by Jonathan Rowson

Bell Hooks (1952-2021): The Cultural Politics of Love“My students tell me, we don’t want to love! We’re tired of being loving! And I say to them, if you’re tired of being …Read more
My sons want to go to school. Vishnu is almost five and he’s starting reception at a nearby primary; he is bouncing off the walls at home…Continue reading on Medium …Read more
My sons want to go to school. Vishnu is almost five and he’s starting reception at a nearby primary; he is bouncing off the walls at home…Continue reading on Medium …Read more
Extract from The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury 2019). The audio extract of this chapter is available here.In the Christian …Read more
Extract from The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury 2019). The audio extract of this chapter is available here.In the Christian …Read more
Image via http://www.humanosphere.org/basics/2014/05/think-tanks-influence-public-policy-influence/In a busy world where people feel the need to place you before you have time to describe yourself, “define or be defined” is a useful motto.But it’s a …Read more
The emergency is about the urgency to act. The crisis is about the need to transform. The meta-crisis is the tenacity of our inertia.Continue reading on Medium » …Read more
The emergency is about the urgency to act. The crisis is about the need to transform. The meta-crisis is the tenacity of our inertia.Continue reading on Medium » …Read more
Even games of skill depend upon opportunityContinue reading on Forge » …Read more
Image of Bacanal de los andrios via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacanal_de_los_andrios.jpgI live in London, and sometimes it feels like the city runs on coffee and alcohol. It’s relatively obvious why we drink coffee. …Read more
Image of Bacanal de los andrios via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacanal_de_los_andrios.jpgI live in London, and sometimes it feels like the city runs on coffee and alcohol. It’s relatively obvious why we drink coffee. …Read more
Jordan Petersonitis: Intellectual and emotional discomfort caused by the perceived need to reach an informed view on the significance of Jordan Peterson’s cultural contribution, but being unable to, despite considerable …Read more
Jonathan Rowson in conversation with Jordan Peterson at the RSA on January 16 2018.Jordan B. Peterson is easily misunderstood. He is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University …Read more
Big Ben is not the only thing in the UK that requires maintenance. Image sourced via https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/big-ben-scaffolding-14826151We are told the army is preparing to be on standby for a No …Read more
Big Ben is not the only thing in the UK that requires maintenance. Image sourced via https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/big-ben-scaffolding-14826151We are told the army is preparing to be on standby for a No …Read more
The Nordic countries are not merely cute. There are things going on there beyond the open sandwiches and the charming crime dramas. And whatever their secret is, I’m fairly sure …Read more
You keep saming when you should be changing. — Frank SinatraIn 2015 I chaired an RSA event with Vincent Deary on his book ‘How to Live’ and was struck by his emphasis on …Read more
“I don’t believe in God, but I miss him.” — Julian BarnesChristmas is the season of shallow critique. We lament the commercialisation around us as if it were a seasonal problem, but lurking …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: Yes, I have mixed feelings about #HumzaYousaf winning the SNP election 👇 It’s definitely not the skin colour! I’m married to a south Asian woman and we have mixed race children. For the same reason I don’t feel like being gushing about him being the first Asian etc etc. I don’t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… …Read more
Yes, I have mixed feelings about #HumzaYousaf winning the SNP election 👇 It’s definitely not the skin colour! I’m married to a south Asian woman and we have mixed race children. For the same reason I don’t feel like being gushing about him being the first Asian etc etc. I don’t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… …Read more
Greetings from Kerala. …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: New post from @LawDavF covering the Xi-Putin talks; the Russian offensive; and Bakhmut One of those ones to read if you want to catch-up on everything Ukraine War related. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/sti… …Read more
🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/VBYnYkC0jl Quoted tweet from @Keir_Starmer: My Labour government will make Britain a clean energy superpower, slashing energy bills and creating tens of thousands of quality jobs. The route to this runs right through Scotland. https://t.co/tv9BGP6Mki …Read more
@BrandlehowSch Thank you for noticing this connection. While I don’t feel I can take any direct credit in this case, as with any teaching, the joy of being part of a story like this is simply knowing that you are part of it. We can never be sure where our influence begins and ends. …Read more
@1Meric @PhoebeTickell @CamdenCouncil But it’s just not true. Have you heard of hysteresis? …Read more
Heartened by the final hustings of the SNP leadership debate @TimesRadio All candidates seemed much more plausible at the end of weeks of healthy competition. The questions were tough but the atmosphere was friendly. Kudos to the chair @AasmahMir youtube.com/live/HHqfbDssB… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: “Don’t wait until you’re 53 to have fun is what I’d tell my 16-year-old self.” Happy to see that @NicolaSturgeon chose my former employer @theRSAorg to give her final major public speech as First Minister. The Great Room is always a great place to be. youtu.be/bo-KwXRbDNc …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: This was a great one. Dense and chewy. Like a choc fudge brownie of value. twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowso… …Read more
“Don’t wait until you’re 53 to have fun is what I’d tell my 16-year-old self.” Happy to see that @NicolaSturgeon chose my former employer @theRSAorg to give her final major public speech as First Minister. The Great Room is always a great place to be. youtu.be/bo-KwXRbDNc …Read more
@alastairmci Thanks! …Read more
@adamjorlen I know the latter quite well, and I’ll get the former, thanks. (I’ve heard of Galtung of course but have yet to read primary texts). …Read more
I am keen to hear book recommendations on the philosophy and practice of peace? I would like to get beyond the simple ‘war is bad and peace is good’ idea to encounter a deeper sense of the struggle with/for peace-making. And where is the field of peace studies at the moment? …Read more
@IanPChristie Ah, perfect. I’ll email you the context for my request. J …Read more
An attempted definition of “wokeness” that is at least good enough to be wrong 👇 It’s worth comparing with definitions where wokeness is seen as a more positive phenomena. Maybe wokeness *could* have “construct validity” but it’s also a weapon in a culture war. What follows? https://t.co/lhY0lx32ev Quoted tweet from @aaronsibarium: Wokeness is a political and social movement characterized by …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: Predation is a selection pressure on many species, In this dramatic display in the battle for life and death, these antelopes chose the perfect strategy allowing them to survive 📹Latest Sightings …Read more
Almost home after #4ncl. Both my games were draws and I lost rating points, but there was plenty of quiet exhilaration and geometric delight. Also breakfasts, swimming and a tunnel mural (below). My team @WhiteRoseChess won both matches so roll on final weekend in May. #chess …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: Since there are lots of announcements about Scotland at the moment, I felt it might be fun to join in, while also helping to take some pressure off myself: *Very far from Bute House Just Before Lunchtime* “I have greatly enjoyed writing parts one and jonathanrowson.substack.com/p/reflections-…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… …Read more
Since there are lots of announcements about Scotland at the moment, I felt it might be fun to join in, while also helping to take some pressure off myself: *Very far from Bute House Just Before Lunchtime* “I have greatly enjoyed writing parts one and jonathanrowson.substack.com/p/reflections-…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… …Read more
“This hot food before me, which had once been a symbol of professional on-the-road freedom, now represented, by my rough calculation, my *ninety-fifth* hotel breakfast in this particular chess event.” #4NCL …Read more
@BBCJamesCook Ok, fair enough, I caught up with you. But please compare the engagement of the two tweets you shared. The first is a story of decline with apparent evidence. The second is offered as mere data. The first one is *much* more widely shared and becomes the prevailing narrative…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… …Read more
Jonathan Rowson retweeted: Arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin by International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes including deporting Ukrainian children bbc.in/40enDaz …Read more
I don’t really have a dog in this fight, but if you show 2014-2019 and also compare the SNP with other parties you get a fuller picture. I’d say a fairer way to tell the story is one of extraordinary growth followed by partial consolidation rather than “decline”. https://t.co/LxnVsApAbv Quoted tweet from @BBCJamesCook: How the decline in SNP membership has …Read more
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