{"product_id":"becoming-planetary","title":"Becoming Planetary","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe annual Berggruen Prize Essay Competition was created to foster fresh intellectual inquiry, encourage innovative thinking, and bring diverse perspectives into critical global conversations. This volume contains the four winning essays on the theme of “the planetary” in English and Chinese.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Frank\u003c\/strong\u003e writes about how astrobiology is rewiring our understanding of the intimate connection between life and planets; \u003cstrong\u003ePamela Swanigan\u003c\/strong\u003e argues that for humanity’s fight against climate change to gain real momentum, we need to find selfless courage; \u003cstrong\u003eYichao Lin\u003c\/strong\u003e writes a “conceptual history” of the concept of planetarity; and \u003cstrong\u003eYingjin Xu\u003c\/strong\u003e applies Confucianism on a digital, planetary scale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdam Frank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePamela Swanigan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Vancouver-based writer and editor. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYichao Lin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea PhD candidate at Sun Yat-sen University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYingjin Xu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a professor of philosophy from Fudan University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berggruen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48804114890967,"sku":"6096-2-40084","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/6770\/4279\/files\/EssayBCCover.jpg?v=1782170832","url":"https:\/\/shopify.berggruen.org\/products\/becoming-planetary","provider":"Berggruen Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}