{"product_id":"the-new-glue-rex-nihilo-9781997668527","title":"The New Glue: How Politics is Replacing Religion - and What Comes Next for Humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an age marked by polarization, outrage, and ideological conflict, \u003ci\u003eThe New Glue\u003c\/i\u003e asks a deceptively simple question: \u003cb\u003eWhat still holds humanity together?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of history, religion served as civilization's binding force-providing shared meaning, moral frameworks, and collective identity. In the modern era, as religious authority declined across much of the world, politics stepped in to fill the void. Political identities began to function like belief systems, complete with sacred values, heresies, moral absolutism, and tribal loyalty. The result has been a global surge in polarization, mistrust, and social fragmentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe New Glue\u003c\/i\u003e, Rex Nihilo traces this civilizational shift with clarity and depth, weaving together history, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and cultural analysis. From the Axial Age to the Enlightenment, from nationalism to globalization, from ancient myth to modern ideology, the book reveals how humanity's search for meaning has repeatedly reshaped its institutions-and how those institutions eventually outgrow their usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is not merely a diagnosis of what is breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a guide to what comes next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), emotional literacy, and relational intelligence, \u003ci\u003eThe New Glue\u003c\/i\u003e argues that humanity's next unifying force will not be a new ideology, religion, or political system. Instead, it will be a shared capacity for empathy, needs-based understanding, and conscious relationship-skills that allow diverse societies to coexist without requiring uniform belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs humanity confronts unprecedented challenges-planetary interdependence, artificial intelligence, ecological limits, and the expansion into space-the book proposes that survival itself now depends on a developmental shift in consciousness. We must evolve beyond tribal thinking toward a planetary ethic grounded in compassion, stewardship, and responsibility to future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart philosophical inquiry, part cultural diagnosis, and part hopeful manifesto, \u003ci\u003eThe New Glue\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a new lens for understanding modern conflict-and a practical, humane framework for navigating it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for anyone who senses that the old stories are no longer enough but believes that humanity is capable of something wiser, deeper, and more connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rex Nihilo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997668521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997668527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quite Frank Educational Services\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Rex Nihilo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443024834815,"sku":"9781997668527","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63485f76-6e82-4109-af10-63dedc016b33.jpg?v=1777201342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-glue-rex-nihilo-9781997668527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}