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March 5, 2026

Paradigms as Lived Symbolic Systems: Worldviews, Regeneration, and Eco-Systemic Flourishing, by Wendy Ellyatt

Paradigms are lived symbolic systems shaping identity, culture, institutions and ecology — transforming them is key to long-term human and planetary flourishing.
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March 5, 2026
Paradigms as Lived Symbolic Systems: Worldviews, Regeneration, and Eco-Systemic Flourishing, by Wendy Ellyatt

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