Vision 2020 [[electronic resource] ] : reordering chaos for global survival / / Ervin Laszlo
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| Autore: |
Laszlo Ervin <1932->
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| Titolo: |
Vision 2020 [[electronic resource] ] : reordering chaos for global survival / / Ervin Laszlo
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| Pubblicazione: | Yverdon, Switzerland ; ; Langhorne, Pa., : Gordon and Breach, c1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (163 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.4 |
| 303.49 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Social change - Forecasting |
| Twenty-first century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Vision 2020 |
| ISBN: | 1-280-15143-9 |
| 0-203-99083-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451342103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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