| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 242 pages) |
| Contents |
The way it works -- In the middle of the bridge -- The way of change : purity destroys -- The effects -- On gender concepts : is stupidity masculine? -- On thinking : becoming a verb -- On authority : getting out from under -- On our psyches : the illusion of control -- On warfare : the decaying glory -- On religion : back to nature -- Where we're heading -- Is America's decline reversible? -- Changing how we change |
| Summary |
The Chrysalis Effect shows that the chaos and conflict experienced worldwide today are the result of a global cultural metamorphosis, one which has accelerated so rapidly in recent decades as to provoke fierce resistance. Many of the changes that have taken place in the last fifty years? the feminist movement, the rapid spread of democracy, the global economy, quantum physics, minority movements, the peace movement, the sexual revolution?are part of this cultural transformation. Contrary to accepted opinion, the conflict it engenders is not a struggle between Left and Right, or between the W |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-232) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social change.
|
|
Globalization -- Social aspects
|
|
Metamorphosis -- Social aspects
|
|
Social history -- 1970-
|
|
Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
|
|
Social change -- United States
|
|
Globalization -- Social aspects -- United States
|
|
Metamorphosis -- Social aspects -- United States
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
|
|
Civilization
|
|
Civilization, Modern
|
|
Globalization -- Social aspects
|
|
Social change
|
|
Social conditions
|
|
Social history
|
| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
|
|
United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139948
|
| Subject |
United States
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781782840909 |
|
1782840907 |
|
9781782840886 |
|
1782840885 |
|
