Making Global Sense
Grounded hope for democracy and the earth inspired by Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
by Judah Freed
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Judah Freed
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| Publisher | Hoku House |
| Publication | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN | 9781737398530 |
| Pages | 334 |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.88 in |
| Age | Adult 18+ |
| Price | $27.76 |
Making Global Sense
Grounded hope for democracy and the earth inspired by Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
The cause of global awakening is the cause of all humankind.
Making Global Sense revives ideas and ideals from Thomas Paine and the 18th century Enlightenment to champion 21st century enlightenment.
• 2023 Nautilus Book Award - Memoir (Silver)
• 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award - Culture (Honorable Mention) • 2023 Montaigne Medal Book Award (Finalist)
• 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Nominee)
IN THESE TRYING TIMES of climate change when autocracies outnumber democracies, Making Global Sense reports that more than one billion of us on earth are aware of our global oneness, our connectivity, our interdependence. We are building a “global sense movement” while generating critical mass for a global shift into awakened societies.
Judah Freed updates Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Where Paine challenged monarchy and hereditary succession, Freed here challenges alpha male rule and authority addiction. instead proposing mindful self rule, personal democracy and direct republics. Where Paine inspired American colonists to declare their independence, Freed inspires us all to declare our global interdependence. Where Paine sparked a revolution, Freed sparks evolution. Paine and Freed both encourage reason and enlightenment.
Weaving essay and memoir, seasoned journalist Freed tells the life story behind the book. Emotionally vulnerable, he narrates his family legacy, childhood abuse, youthful rebellion and then joining a cult, reclaiming his mind from authority addiction, choosing to study sense-making and critical thinking. doing men’s work to open his heart, He shares his ego journey writing for U.S. and European publications, world travel adventures (like landing in Fiji amid a coup), and healing his soul by creating this book while surviving cancer.
As a primer on global thinking, Making Global Sense integrates the nonfiction market categories of Current Affairs, Politics, Ecology Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics, Gender, and Memoir.
More information: https://GlobalSense.com
Reviews, Awards & Endorsements
Review
“Thomas Paine rallied Americans to a new sense of themselves and their possibilities. Judah Freed does likewise for citizens of the planet.”
— Bill McKibben, The End of Nature, Deep Economy, Falter; founder, 350.org, People’s Climate March
“Judah Freed has taken the gauntlet from Thomas Paine and other great innovators of democracy to guide us toward the evolution of democracy itself. Making Global Sense is a vital and wonderful book, well written and inspired by the very same passion that can carry the world into the next era of evolution.”
— Barbara Marx Hubbard, Conscious Evolution (she saw draft)
“Making Global Sense is compelling in its ideas and wonderful in its personal elements.”
— Herb Goldberg, PhD, The Hazards of Being Male, The New Male, What Men Still Don’t Know.
“The book is clear-eyed and novel. Judah Freed charts a path towards greener and more responsible economies that would be good for people and the planet.”
— Jules Pretty, OBE, The Edge of Extinction; Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex
“Making Global Sense is at once vast and tangible, disturbing and inspiring. The book provides a sweeping overview of the critical challenges of our times. It conveys both a penetrating diagnosis and a galvanizing vision of possibility.”
— Ocean Robbins, Transform Your World; cofounder and CEO, Food Revolution Network;
“Judah Freed guides us toward an urgent paradigm shift for creating a sustainable future. Beautifully written, engaging and inspirational, this transformational book is a must-read for enlightened thinkers and instruments of change.”
— Jill Heinerth, Into The Planet; filmmaker, We Are Water: award-winning underwater explorer
Award
• Nautilus Book Award - Memoir (silver) - Making Global Sense (2023)
• Eric Hoffer Book Award - Culture (hon. mention) - Making Global Sense (2023)
• Montaigne Medal Book Award (finalist) - Making Global Sense (2023)
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize (nominee) Making Global Sense (2023)
• Benjamin Franklin Book Award - Health (silver) - End Medical Debt (2022)
• Foreword Indie Award - Health (finalist) - The Patent, Doctor &, Bill Collector (2016)
• Nautilus Book Award - Social Change (silver) - Global Sense (2012 and 2007)
• Colorado Evvy Award - Personal Growth (gold) - Global Sense (2005)
Author
Judah Freed
JUDAH FREED is an award-winning author. journalist and speaker based in Colorado.
Entering journalism in 1976, he worked a decade covering Denver and Colorado for local to national publications. For the next two decades, he wrote for the top European and U.S. media trade magazines, pioneering industry coverage of the internet, interactive television and distance learning, writing a UK book on educational TV for Financial Times, presenting talks on four continents. Moving to Kauai in 2010, he edited island publication for a decade before moving home to Denver in 2020. He currently covers Colorado for a national news service.
Judah earned a 1988 double BA in communication and journalism through the University Without Walls program at Loretto Heights College (Regis). Through the Individualized MA program of Antioch University, he researched rhetoric, organizational culture and public communication.
Judah is an active member of PEN America, American Society of Journalists and Authors, The Authors Guild, Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Authors League, (past president), Denver Press Club (past board), and the Thomas Paine National Historical Association (current board). He also represents ASJA on the national coalition steering committee for Banned Books Week.