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The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis
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The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis / Jeremy Rifkin.
ISBN
9781585427659
1585427659
Published
New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.
Physical Description
x, 674 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
Bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 25, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [643]-656) and index.
Contents
The hidden paradox of human history
The new view of human nature
A sentient interpretation of biological evolution
Becoming human
Rethinking the meaning of the human journey
The ancient theological brain and patriarchal economy
Cosmopolitan Rome and the rise of urban Christianity
The soft industrial revolution of the late medieval era and the birth of humanism
Ideological thinking in a modern market economy
Psychological consciousness in a postmodern existential world
The climb to global peak empathy
The planetary entropic abyss
The emerging era of distributed capitalism
The theatrical self in an improvisational society
Biosphere consciousness in a climax economy.
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