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200 10$aVision 2020$b[electronic resource] $ereordering chaos for global survival /$fErvin Laszlo
210   $aYverdon, Switzerland ;$aLanghorne, Pa. $cGordon and Breach$dc1994
215   $a1 online resource (163 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-138-16444-5 
311   $a2-88124-612-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBOOK 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
327   $aEVOLUTIONARY 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
327   $aObjective 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
330   $aThis 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.
606   $aSocial change$xForecasting
606   $aTwenty-first century$vForecasts
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aSocial change$xForecasting.
615  0$aTwenty-first century
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