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

Rifkin, Jeremy. Book - 2009 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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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.

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PUBLISHED
New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: x, 674 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781585427659
1585427659

SUBJECTS
Empathy.
Conduct of life.
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
Social prediction.