{"id":216,"date":"2025-11-28T13:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:04:54","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"216\" class=\"elementor elementor-216\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eba1bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3eba1bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9a5ae9 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9a5ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dbdafd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dbdafd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03572cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03572cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2fc7e animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd2fc7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1945\" height=\"2153\" src=\"https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unknown_person2.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-89\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unknown_person2.jpg 1945w, https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unknown_person2-768x850.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unknown_person2-1388x1536.jpg 1388w, https:\/\/demoint.prismswebdesign.com\/bookman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unknown_person2-1850x2048.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1945px) 100vw, 1945px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0a02a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec0a02a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a342c43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a342c43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">DANIEL BOOKMAN<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-786e411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"786e411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Bookman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, is a writer,\nthinker, and practicing lawyer.\nIn Beyond Power, he offers a searching and rational exploration\nof the moral and structural forces shaping our age, including\ngeopolitical conflict, radicalization, social division, Israel and the\nJewish people, and the fragile bond between compassion and power.\nDrawing on philosophical reasoning, psychological insight, and\nhistorical perspective, the author presents a clear and thoughtful\ndiagnosis of the crises confronting contemporary society. Yet his\ninquiry, though deeply analytical, is guided by a genuine concern\nfor the fate of Western democracy and the moral foundations that\nsustain human community. <br><br> He writes with the conviction that understanding is \nempowerment and that insight engenders solutions. Once the true \nnature of a problem is grasped, confusion and paralysis yield to \nwisdom and discernment, illuminating what may be undertaken and, \nmore importantly, what should not even be attempted.\nHis other major work, Fundamentally Rational, is an analytical \nexposition of foundational themes, including ethics, religion, \ncreation, the Divine as it relates to humanity, science, death and the \nafterlife, evolution, and Genesis.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The Author DANIEL BOOKMAN Daniel Bookman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, is a writer, thinker, and practicing lawyer. 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