Ariadne's Thread The Search for New Modes of Thinking

Name: Ariadne's Thread The Search for New Modes of Thinking
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ISBN: 9780312015862

ISBN-10: 0312015860

ISBN-13: 9780312015862

Edition: 1989 (Revised)

Authors: Mary E. Clark, Clark E. Clark

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This book is a powerful, interdisciplinary introduction to environmental studies.

Book details

List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 7/24/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 584
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface



Nature's Constraints: 'What are the Limits to Growth?'


The Future: A Search for Values


Energy and Exponentials


The Economics of Spaceship Earth


Our Environmental Charge Account Comes Due



The Human Animal: 'What is Human Nature?'


The Emergence of Human Nature


The Cultural Spectrum


Religion and Worldviews


On Acquiring a Worldview



Possessive Individualism: 'Whence Comes This Western Worldview?'


From God to Man: Origins of the Western Worldview


The Cult of Efficiency


Alienation


The Loss of the Sacred



New Modes of Thinking: 'Where Do We Begin?'


Rethinking Economics


Defusing the Global Powder Keg


Politics: Worldviews in Action


Nuclear 'Defence'


or Conflict Resolution?


Humankind at the Crossroads


Notes


Index