03111nam 2200673Ia 450 991081032030332120200520144314.01-78284-090-7(CKB)2550000001134167(OCoLC)609263505(CaPaEBR)ebrary10745642(MiAaPQ)EBC1340865(Au-PeEL)EBL1340865(CaPaEBR)ebr10745642(CaONFJC)MIL533876(OCoLC)855969727(EXLCZ)99255000000113416720080707d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe chrysalis effect the metamorphosis of global culture /Philip Slater1st ed.Brighton ;Portland, Or. Sussex Academic Press20091 online resource (254 p.)1-84519-311-3 1-306-02625-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-232) and index.Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I - The Way It Works -- 1: In the Middle of the Bridge -- 2: The Way of Change: Purity Destroys -- Part II - The Effects -- 3: On Gender Concepts: Is Stupidity Masculine? -- 4: On Thinking: Becoming a Verb -- 5: On Authority: Getting Out From Under -- 6: On Our Psyches: The Illusion of Control -- 7: On Warfare: The Decaying Glory -- 8: On Religion: Back to Nature -- Part III - Where We're Heading -- 9: Is America's Decline Reversible? -- 10: Changing How We Change -- Appendix: The Rise and Decline of Control Culture: A Brief History -- Notes -- Index.Shows that the chaos and conflict experienced world-wide are the result of a global cultural metamorphosis, one which has accelerated so rapidly over the decades as to provoke fierce resistance. This book explains the metamorphosis of global culture whereby old cultural assumptions are challenged and innovations are seen as a social ill.Social changeGlobalizationSocial aspectsMetamorphosisSocial aspectsSocial history1970-Civilization, Modern1950-Social changeUnited StatesGlobalizationSocial aspectsUnited StatesMetamorphosisSocial aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions1980-United StatesCivilization1970-Social change.GlobalizationSocial aspects.MetamorphosisSocial aspects.Social historyCivilization, ModernSocial changeGlobalizationSocial aspectsMetamorphosisSocial aspects306.01Slater Philip E(Philip Elliot),1927-2013.125279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810320303321The chrysalis effect4035952UNINA