Jeremy David Engels Books

The book delves into the interplay between gratitude and neoliberal governance, examining how the emotional experience of gratitude is manipulated through the concept of debt. It highlights the ways in which gratitude is framed within economic and political contexts, influencing individual behavior and societal norms. By analyzing this relationship, the author reveals the implications of gratitude as a tool for managing social relations and reinforcing power dynamics in contemporary society.

We live in an era defined by a sense of separation, even in the midst of networked connectivity. As cultural climates sour and divisive political structures spread, we are left wondering about our ties to each other. Consequently, there is no better time than now to reconsider ideas of unity. In The Ethics of Oneness, Jeremy David Engels reads the Bhagavad Gita alongside the works of American thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. Drawing on this rich combination of traditions, Engels presents the notion that individuals are fundamentally interconnected in their shared divinity. In other words, everything is one. If the lessons of oneness are taken to heart, particularly as they were expressed and celebrated by Whitman, and the ethical challenges of oneness considered seriously, Engels thinks it is possible to counter the pervasive and problematic American ideals of hierarchy, exclusion, violence, and domination.