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The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis / Jeremy Rifkin.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.Description: x, 674 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781585427659
  • 1585427659
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 901 Rif/Emp
LOC classification:
  • BJ1475 .R54 2009
Other classification:
  • 15.50
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Contents:
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.
Summary: Bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-656) and index.

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.

Bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness.