{"product_id":"reconstruction-hardcover","title":"Reconstruction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAshkan Tashvir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do so many of the defining challenges of contemporary life persist despite unprecedented knowledge, capability and technological power?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFragmented sense-making, weakened meaning, institutional drift, unsustainable systems and the growing gap between what humanity can do and what it can responsibly carry may look like different problems. Reconstruction argues that they share a deeper condition: a crisis in how human beings participate in reality, and in the capacities required to do so meaningfully and responsibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces the Reconstructive School, a philosophical and developmental school of thought built around that problem. It begins from a simple premise: human beings enter realities already underway. We inherit languages, relationships, meanings, institutions, histories and consequences we did not create, yet through our participation we continually contribute to what those realities become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Reconstructive School identifies five interconnected crises of participation: sense-making, Being, sustainability, meaning and capacity. Drawing together more than a decade of Ashkan Tashvir's work, the book establishes the architecture through which these crises can be understood in relation to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt follows reconstruction across the human being, relationships, organisations, institutions and civilisation, and introduces the Reconstructive Apparatus as a disciplined way of examining inherited realities, identifying what no longer supports meaningful participation, recognising what still does and considering what responsible renewal may require.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its centre is a distinctive understanding of capacity: not merely what people know or can do, but what they can perceive, understand, embody, sustain and responsibly carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Reconstructive School invites a continuing inquiry into participation, flourishing, responsibility and stewardship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe inherit worlds already underway. The question is not whether we reconstruct them, but how, and what we must become capable of carrying as we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRECONSTRUCTION follows Tashvir's best-selling books BEING, HUMAN BEING, METACONTENT and SUSTAINABILISM.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 470\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67895459119256,"sku":"9781922433374","price":73.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/6VZcWP7rhG9781922433374.webp?v=1793811031","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/reconstruction-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}