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Sustainable civilization / Klaas Van Egmond.

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"Western civilization has entered a new fundamental crisis that can be explained by a very one-sided orientation of social values based on materialism and egocentrism, which is disrupting the delicate balance between the opposing forces of 'mind' and 'matter', and of 'I...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Egmond, Klaas van, 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Civilization, Western.
Values.
Human ecology.
Sustainable development.
Table of Contents:
  • PART I: WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN CRISIS
  • 1.1. Economic Growth and Social Progress
  • 1.2. The Ecological Crisis
  • 1.3. Economy versus Ecology
  • 1.4. Limits to Growth
  • 1.5. The Financial Crisis ₆ 'No One Saw This Coming'
  • 1.6. The Socio Cultural Issue
  • 1.7. Sustainability and the Quality of Life
  • 1.8. Summary
  • PART II: HUMAN VALUE ORIENTATIONS; WORLD VIEWS
  • 2.1. Social Surveys
  • 2.2. Philosophical and Religious Notes
  • 2.3. The Resulting World View
  • 2.4. Summary
  • PART III: THE LABORATORY OF HISTORY
  • 3.1. History Repeats Itself
  • 3.2. Overshoot and Collapse of Value Orientations
  • 3.3. Centrifugal Forces
  • 3.4. The Power of Identity
  • 3.5. Reversal of Ends and Means
  • 3.6. What Will Happen Next?
  • 3.7. Summary
  • PART IV: THE WEST AND THE EAST
  • 5. The Message of Culture and Religion
  • 5.1. Culture
  • 5.2. Spirituality and Consciousness
  • 5.3. Summary
  • PART V: SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION
  • 6.1. Ethics
  • 6.2. Human Dignity
  • 6.3. Good, Truth and Beauty
  • 6.4. Freedom and Free Will
  • 6.5. Human Rights
  • 6.6. Democracy and Social Responsibility
  • 6.7. Summary
  • PART VII: AGENDA FOR A SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION
  • 7.1. The Political Task; the Radical Centre
  • 7.2. People, the Social Issue
  • 7.3. Planet; the Environmental Issue
  • 7.4. Profit; Economy and Finance
  • 7.5. Summary
  • PART VIII: SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
  • 8.1. Economic Means to Social Ends
  • 8.2. Ownership, Economical Scale and Dematerialization
  • 8.3. Summary
  • PART IX: SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
  • 9.1. Financial History
  • 9.2. A New Financial System
  • 9.3. Summary
  • PART X: THE NEXT STEP
  • 10.1. Crisis
  • 10.2. A New Form of Governance
  • 10.3. Agenda
  • 10.4. An End to the Caricature
  • 10.5. Sustainable Civilization.

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