GLOBAL POVERTY

There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize

Poverty, by any other name,

is:

Deprivation:Material Deprivation

Non-Material Deprivation

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Joblessness. Lack of money.

Hunger. Starvation. Preventable diseases.

Landlessness. Homelessness.

Lack of access to basic resources and services:

Education

Health care

Justice

Information

The good things of life

Etc.

Material Deprivations

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Non-Material DeprivationsSocial Deprivation

Cultural Deprivation

Political Deprivation

Emotional Deprivation

Spiritual Deprivation

Epistemological Deprivation

Metaphysical Deprivation; Others

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Social Deprivation

Marginalization: Sense of being

excluded from, or not consulted in

discussions and decisions on matters

that affect one’s life and the future of

one’s children.

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Lack of opportunity to see, to appreciate,

or to enjoy other people’s artistic and

cultural expressions and products.

Inadequate opportunity to develop and to

express one’s own artistic, cultural, scientific,

and intellectual abilities and talents.

Cultural Deprivation

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Inability to participate

in:

Public discussions

Policy decisions

Action planning

Policy executions

Inadequate opportunity

to express or share one’s:

Ideas

Views

Opinions

Suggestions

Political Deprivation

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Denigrated

Victimized

Patronized

Stigmatized

Tolerated

Exploited

Dehumanized

Condescended

to

Emotional Deprivation

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Emotional Deprivation (contd.):

Guilt

Shame

Humiliation

Alienation

Worthlessness

Inferiority

Insignificance

Indignity

Rejection

Exclusion

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Sense of disconnect from others – of not being|

important, valued, and needed by other people.

Alienation – feelings of loneliness in a

crowded world. “Bowling alone.”

“Eating alone” and “fighting alone”

Rootlessness – sense of being apart from, or

outside of the natural world.

Loss of Community

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Exclusion from certain activities based on

gender, age, ethnic, racial, or other illogical

considerations.

Sense that one can do something, and not be

called upon to do it

Belief that one can make useful contribution,

but not having the chance to prove oneself.

Limiting Scope of Existence

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Feelings that one has nothing

important to contribute to society.

Fear that what one has to contribute

might not be listened to, appreciated,

or taken seriously.

Personal Sense of Inadequacy

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Fear – having to constantly look over one’s

shoulder.

Apprehensions and uncertainty – a world in

which no one knows what to expect next.

Loss of confidence in the future – fear that

one might lose one’s accustomed way of life.

Vulnerability and Insecurity

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Personal sense of futility.

Inability to recognize and to express one’suniqueness.

Inability to find purpose and direction in life.

Inability to engage one’s special abilities in

things that one is passionate about.

Meaninglessness

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Having everything, but feeling that it is

still not enough

Having the means to live, but not the

meaning to live for

Having neither the means to live, nor the

meaning to live for.

Meaninglessness (contd.)

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Deep feelings of emptiness and unfulfillment.

Inadequate opportunity to:

Develop and express one’s authentic nature.

Live up to one’s potential – maximize one’s

natural abilities.

Do things that one is specially gifted to do.

Feel personally and deeply connected with

some higher, transcendent purposes.

Spiritual Deprivation

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Sense of being out of touch with oneself and

out of tune with the natural world.

Sense of personal inadequacy in such enduring

moral and ethical values as: Authenticity.

Love. Truth. Justice. Peace. Brotherhood.

Common Humanity. etc.

Spiritual Deprivation (contd.)

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Obsolete, rigid, “politically correct,” at

times blatantly false bodies of knowledge –

ideas, doctrines, logics, dogmas, myths,

theories, beliefs, assumptions – that are not

in sync with reality; but that are commonly

propagated, accepted, and acted upon as

valid, or true.

Epistemological Deprivation

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Incomplete, mistaken, flawed, but generally accepted

pictures of reality and interpretations of the world.

Framework of values, assumptions, and belief

systems

that ignores non-sensate phenomena – things we

currently cannot see, touch, hear, or measure.

Fundamentally negative view of human nature

that tends to constrain people’s natural abilities and

the maximization of human potential.

Metaphysical Deprivation

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Here’s a selection of provocative insights,

intriguing perspectives, and alternative

proposals brought together to expand

encourage public and global conversations

about hidden but more pernicious forms

of deprivation that are afflicting the vast

majority of people and going largely

unnoticed.

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“The fundamental issues confronted

by any civilization or by any person

in his or her life are issues of

meaning.”-Morris Berman

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“The disease of civilization is not so

much the material poverty of the

many as the decay of the spirit of

freedom and self-confidence.”-G. D. H. Cole and W. Mellor

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“Many so-called mental and emotional

illnesses are really symptoms of an underlying

sense of meaninglessness or emptiness.”

-Stephen R. Covey

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“How many flowersDie in the woodsOr fail in the hills

Without the privilegeTo know that they Are beautiful?”-Emily Dickinson

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“Modern psychology is coming to

recognize that we all have within us a

tremendous source of creativity, energy

and happiness, and that we are all

moving toward the goal of tapping that

source and living a fulfilled, joyful life.”

-Jack Forem

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“Ever more people today have

the means to live but not the

meaning to live for.”-Viktor Frankl

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“When men are already

dehumanized, due to the oppression

they suffer, the process of their

liberation must not employ the

method of dehumanization.”-Paulo Freire

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“Most of us go to our graves

with our music still inside,

unplayed [unheard].” -Oliver Wendell Holmes

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“Spirituality must not be understood as

something added on to life. Rather, it is

something which permeates all human

activities and experiences rather than

being additional to them.”-Willis Harman and John Hormann

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“All versions of the modern paradigm fail to

give the contemporary person the sense of being

a useful and necessary member of the social

whole which in turn is geared into a meaningful

plan of existence within the totality of a cosmic

or divine order.”-Willis Harman and John Hormann

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“Shall the wretched of the earth be fed,

clothed, and housed? Or, more

precisely, will the world be reorganized

– re-created – so that they can feed,

clothe, and house themselves?”-Michael Harrington

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“There are scientists who are out

make love disappear in the name

of scientific progress.”-Harold Kushner

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“It is terribly frustrating to know

that you can do something and not

be called upon to do it, or to believe

that you can do it and never have

the chance to find out.”-Harold Kushner

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“The drive for meaning is the

strongest of all our value drives,

the one drive which ultimately

shapes all the rest.”-Michael Maccoby

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“The ordinary man does not

subscribe to the notion that

his life is deprived.”-Nancy Wilson Ross

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“For two-thirds of mankind, the aim of a

‘full and happy life’ with steady

improvements of their lot, if not actually

receding, seems to be as far away as ever.”

-E. F. Schumacher

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“The ultimate goal of development is

not simply higher incomes, longer life

expectancies, or higher literacy rates,

but rather the capability for people and

communities to realize their full

responsible and creative potential.” -John G. Sommer

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“How can we respond to human

suffering in ways that promote

dignity?”-Charlene Spretnak

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“There is more hunger for love

and appreciation in this world

than for bread.”-Saint (Mother) Teresa

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“Aren’t there plenty of rich people

who have no sense of higher

purpose, no personal mission

that serves others and leads

to their own spiritual growth.”-Mark Thurston

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“It’s a sad fact that in the modern world most

people never find out their life's purpose. Some

people who fail to do so are very successful by

worldly standards. They have money, power, and

prestige, but they aren't really happy. Something

deep inside them is dissatisfied and restless.

They may try to ignore or hide this feeling, but

often that leads to illness.”-Mark Thurston

WHY RETHINK GLOBAL POVERTY?

There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize

In an essentially interconnected,

interdependent, and interpenetrating

universe – where everything is both cause

and consequence of every other thing –

it is conceivable that non-material

deprivations are implicated in material

deprivation; and, of course, vice versa.

There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize

It is further reasonable to suggest

that Poverty Eradication will succeed

only to the extent that all forms of

deprivation – material and non-

material – are recognized and solved.

WHY RETHINK GLOBAL POVERTY?