Empathic Civilization The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

Name: Empathic Civilization The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
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ISBN: 9781585427659

ISBN-10: 1585427659

ISBN-13: 9781585427659

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jeremy Rifkin

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"One of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day" (Utne Reader) delivers his boldest work in this erudite, tough-minded, and far-reaching manifesto. Never has the world seemed so completely united-in the form of communication, commerce, and culture-and so savagely torn apart-in the form of war, financial meltdown, global warming, and even the migration of diseases. No matter how much we put our minds to the task of meeting the challenges of a rapidly globalizing world, the human race seems to continually come up short, unable to muster the collective mental resources to truly "think globally and act locally." In his most ambitious book to date, bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/31/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 6.31" wide x 9.31" long x 2.06" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Introduction



The Hidden Paradox of Human History



Homo Empathicus



The New View of Human Nature



A Sentient Interpretation of Biological Evolution



Becoming Human



Rethinking the Meaning of the Human Journey



Empathy And Civilization



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 Age Of Empathy



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


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author