| Description |
x, 674 pages ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (pages 643-656) and index |
| Subject |
Empathy.
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Conduct of life.
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Civilization, Modern -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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Social prediction.
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| LC no. |
2009036616 |
| ISBN |
9781585427659 |
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1585427659 |
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