Great Turning From Empire to Earth Community

Name: Great Turning From Empire to Earth Community
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ISBN: 9781887208086

ISBN-10: 1887208089

ISBN-13: 9781887208086

Edition: 2007

Authors: David C. Korten

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In his classic international bestseller, When Corporations Rule the World, David Korten exposed the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy and helped spark a global resistance movement. Here, Korten argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely one manifestation of what he calls "Empire": the organization of society through hierarchy and violence that has largely held sway for the past 5,000 years. The Great Turning masterfully traces the roots of Empire to ancient times and charts the long evolution of its favored Instruments of control, from monarchies and bureaucracies to the transnational institutions of the global economy. Empire is not the natural…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.342



Acknowledgments


The Great Turning


Prologue: In Search of the Possible



Choosing Our Future



The Choice



The Possibility



The Imperative



The Opportunity



Sorrows of Empire



When God Was a Woman



Ancient Empire



Modern Empire



Athenian Experiment



America, the Unfinished Project



Inauspicious Beginning



People Power Rebellion



Empire's Victory



Struggle for Justice



Wake-Up Call



Prisons of the Mind



The Great Turning



Beyond Strict Father versus Aging Clock



Creation's Epic Journey



Joys of Earth Community



Stories for a New Era



Birthing Earth Community



Leading from Below



Building a Political Majority



Liberating Creative Potential



Change the Story, Change the Future


Notes


Index


About the Author