03652nam 2200613Ia 450 991045134210332120200520144314.01-280-15143-90-203-99083-8(CKB)1000000000256008(EBL)237416(OCoLC)560302188(SSID)ssj0000267907(PQKBManifestationID)11218095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267907(PQKBWorkID)10227208(PQKB)11054229(MiAaPQ)EBC237416(Au-PeEL)EBL237416(CaPaEBR)ebr10093557(CaONFJC)MIL15143(EXLCZ)99100000000025600819931018d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVision 2020[electronic resource] reordering chaos for global survival /Ervin LaszloYverdon, Switzerland ;Langhorne, Pa. Gordon and Breachc19941 online resource (163 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-16444-5 2-88124-612-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 EvolutionEVOLUTIONARY 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 CooperationObjective 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; IndexThis 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.Social changeForecastingTwenty-first centuryForecastsElectronic books.Social changeForecasting.Twenty-first century303.4303.49Laszlo Ervin1932-343820MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451342103321Vision 20202017966UNINA