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Author:

Rifkin, Jeremy.

Title:

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

Publisher:

J.P. Tarcher/Penguin,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 674 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-656) and index.

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.

ISBN:

1585427659
9781585427659

OCLC:

(OCoLC)426803865

LCCN:

2009036616

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)