Vision 2020 [[electronic resource] ] : reordering chaos for global survival / / Ervin Laszlo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451342103321
• Autore: Laszlo Ervin <1932->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Yverdon, Switzerland ; ; Langhorne, Pa., : Gordon and Breach, c1994
• ISBN: 1-280-15143-9; 0-203-99083-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.4; 303.49
• Soggetti: Social change - Forecasting; Twenty-first century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 HISTORYThe 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 CooperationObjective 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.