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The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis
- Title
- The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis / Jeremy Rifkin.
- Author
- Rifkin, Jeremy.
- Publication
- New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- x, 674 p.; 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.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-1611
- ISBN
- 9781585427659
- 1585427659
- LCCN
- 2009036616
- OCLC
- 426803865
- Author
- Rifkin, Jeremy.
- Title
- The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis / Jeremy Rifkin.
- Imprint
- New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-1611