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Brent Ranelli

Brent Ranalli is a Feasta trustee based in Massachusetts. He is a former instructor in environmental studies at Boston College, a Research Scholar with the Ronin Institute, and a policy professional at The Cadmus Group, LLC. Brent edits the Thoreau Society Bulletin, and performs living history as Henry David Thoreau.

More of his writings can be found here. His latest book is Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
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Henry David Thoreau, philosopher of post-traumatic growth

Brent Ranelli, Feasta

Thoreau’s masterpiece Walden, in fact, can be read as a manual for post-traumatic growth (i.e., personal growth in the wake of traumatic experiences).

December 17, 2021

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