Vision 2020 : Reordering Chaos for Global Survival.

By: Laszlo, ErvinMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 1994Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (163 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203990834Subject(s): Social change -- Forecasting | Twenty-first century -- ForecastsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vision 2020 : Reordering Chaos for Global SurvivalDDC classification: 303.49 LOC classification: CB161 -- .L37 1994ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREAMBLE -- CHAPTER 1 The Obsolescence of Modern Beliefs: Unsurprising Surprises at the Dawn of a New Age -- CHAPTER 2 The Challenge of Responsibility -- THE QUESTION OF BLAME -- THE MATTER OF RESPONSIBILITY -- THE CHALLENGE -- CHAPTER 3 Bifurcation and Chaos: Understanding the Dynamics of Change -- A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BIFURCATION AND CHAOS THEORY -- BEYOND THEORY: BIFURCATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- CHAPTER 4 Perspectives of an Evolving World: New Ways to See Our Future -- TWO KINDS OF EVOLUTION -- Biological Evolution -- Social Evolution -- EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN HISTORY -- The Circular Pattern -- The Helical Pattern -- The Linear Pattern -- The Nonlinear Pattern -- SEEING THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 5 The Butterflies of Chaos: Launching the Third Strategy -- THE OBSOLETE ALTERNATIVES -- THE HUMANISTIC EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY -- CHAPTER 6 Vision 2020: Imaging a Post-Critical World -- OBJECTIVES TO SAFEGUARD THE INDIVIDUAL -- Objective Number One: Restrain the Power of Nation-States -- Objective Number Two: Restrain the Power of Politicians -- OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL COOPERATION -- Objective Number Three: Concords of Defense Cooperation -- Objective Number Four: Concords of Environmental Cooperation -- Objective Number Five: Concords of Development Cooperation -- CHAPTER 7 The Grand Alliance of Science, Art, Religion, and Education -- THE ROLE OF SCIENCE -- THE ROLE OF ART -- THE ROLE OF RELIGION -- THE ROLE OF EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 8 The Big Picture: Further Reflections on Our Past and Our Future -- THE GAMBLE ON INTELLIGENCE -- FACING OUR COLLECTIVE IQ TEST -- Appendix Basic Concepts of Evolutionary Systems Theory -- THE FOUNDATIONS -- EMPIRICAL RESEARCH -- ADVANCES IN THEORY -- IN CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING: Basic Writings on Evolution and Society -- Index.
Summary: This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.
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BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREAMBLE -- CHAPTER 1 The Obsolescence of Modern Beliefs: Unsurprising Surprises at the Dawn of a New Age -- CHAPTER 2 The Challenge of Responsibility -- THE QUESTION OF BLAME -- THE MATTER OF RESPONSIBILITY -- THE CHALLENGE -- CHAPTER 3 Bifurcation and Chaos: Understanding the Dynamics of Change -- A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BIFURCATION AND CHAOS THEORY -- BEYOND THEORY: BIFURCATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- CHAPTER 4 Perspectives of an Evolving World: New Ways to See Our Future -- TWO KINDS OF EVOLUTION -- Biological Evolution -- Social Evolution -- EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN HISTORY -- The Circular Pattern -- The Helical Pattern -- The Linear Pattern -- The Nonlinear Pattern -- SEEING THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 5 The Butterflies of Chaos: Launching the Third Strategy -- THE OBSOLETE ALTERNATIVES -- THE HUMANISTIC EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY -- CHAPTER 6 Vision 2020: Imaging a Post-Critical World -- OBJECTIVES TO SAFEGUARD THE INDIVIDUAL -- Objective Number One: Restrain the Power of Nation-States -- Objective Number Two: Restrain the Power of Politicians -- OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL COOPERATION -- Objective Number Three: Concords of Defense Cooperation -- Objective Number Four: Concords of Environmental Cooperation -- Objective Number Five: Concords of Development Cooperation -- CHAPTER 7 The Grand Alliance of Science, Art, Religion, and Education -- THE ROLE OF SCIENCE -- THE ROLE OF ART -- THE ROLE OF RELIGION -- THE ROLE OF EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 8 The Big Picture: Further Reflections on Our Past and Our Future -- THE GAMBLE ON INTELLIGENCE -- FACING OUR COLLECTIVE IQ TEST -- Appendix Basic Concepts of Evolutionary Systems Theory -- THE FOUNDATIONS -- EMPIRICAL RESEARCH -- ADVANCES IN THEORY -- IN CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING: Basic Writings on Evolution and Society -- Index.

This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.

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