The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis

The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis /

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.

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Main Author: Rifkin, Jeremy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2009]
Subjects:
2000 - 2099
2000-2099
Empathy.
Conduct of life.
Civilization, Modern > 21st century > Forecasting.
Twenty-first century > Forecasts.
Social prediction.
Civilization, Modern > Forecasting.
Twenty-first century.
Civilisations.
Histoire.
Valeurs sociales.
Humanisme.
Changement social.
Aspects psychologiques.
Mondialisation.
Dégradation de l'environnement.
Environnement humain.
Prévisions.
Forecasting.
Civilization, Modern.
Forecasts.
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Table of 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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