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1 online resource (vi, 246 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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PART I: WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN CRISIS -- 1.1. Economic Growth and Social Progress -- 1.2. The Ecological Crisis -- 1.3. Economy versus Ecology -- 1.4. Limits to Growth -- 1.5. The Financial Crisis ₆ 'No One Saw This Coming' -- 1.6. The Socio Cultural Issue -- 1.7. Sustainability and the Quality of Life -- 1.8. Summary -- PART II: HUMAN VALUE ORIENTATIONS; WORLD VIEWS -- 2.1. Social Surveys -- 2.2. Philosophical and Religious Notes -- 2.3. The Resulting World View -- 2.4. Summary -- PART III: THE LABORATORY OF HISTORY -- 3.1. History Repeats Itself -- 3.2. Overshoot and Collapse of Value Orientations -- 3.3. Centrifugal Forces -- 3.4. The Power of Identity -- 3.5. Reversal of Ends and Means -- 3.6. What Will Happen Next? -- 3.7. Summary -- PART IV: THE WEST AND THE EAST -- 5. The Message of Culture and Religion -- 5.1. Culture -- 5.2. Spirituality and Consciousness -- 5.3. Summary -- PART V: SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION -- 6.1. Ethics -- 6.2. Human Dignity -- 6.3. Good, Truth and Beauty -- 6.4. Freedom and Free Will -- 6.5. Human Rights -- 6.6. Democracy and Social Responsibility -- 6.7. Summary -- PART VII: AGENDA FOR A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION -- 7.1. The Political Task; the Radical Centre -- 7.2. People, the Social Issue -- 7.3. Planet; the Environmental Issue -- 7.4. Profit; Economy and Finance -- 7.5. Summary -- PART VIII: SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY -- 8.1. Economic Means to Social Ends -- 8.2. Ownership, Economical Scale and Dematerialization -- 8.3. Summary -- PART IX: SUSTAINABLE FINANCE -- 9.1. Financial History -- 9.2. A New Financial System -- 9.3. Summary -- PART X: THE NEXT STEP -- 10.1. Crisis -- 10.2. A New Form of Governance -- 10.3. Agenda -- 10.4. An End to the Caricature -- 10.5. Sustainable Civilization. |
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"Western civilization has entered a new fundamental crisis that can be explained by a very one-sided orientation of social values based on materialism and egocentrism, which is disrupting the delicate balance between the opposing forces of 'mind' and 'matter', and of 'I' and 'the others'. Many sources - from the great works of philosophy, religion, art and culture to social surveys and the course of history - qualify sustainability as the dynamic equilibrium between fundamental opposing forces. This insight and the ethical ability to better discriminate between stabilizing and destabilizing forces would allow further justification of human rights and new institutional arrangements in society at large and, in particular, in politics, economy and finance. It would enable a sustainable civilization to flourish within the boundaries of freedom and human dignity"-- Provided by publisher. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Civilization, Western.
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Civilization, Western. |
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Values.
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Values. |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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human ecology. |
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sustainable development. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Egmond, Klaas van, 1946- Sustainable civilization. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 9781137382696 (DLC) 2014019978 (OCoLC)870517874 |
| ISBN |
9781137382702 (electronic book) |
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1137382708 (electronic book) |
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9781349480104 (print) |
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