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A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.09/051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Crises Civilization, Modern - 21st century East and West Crisis management Human ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-84964-791-7
1-84964-558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461409003321 |
Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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| London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.09/051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Crises Civilization, Modern - 21st century East and West Crisis management Human ecology |
| ISBN |
1-84964-791-7
1-84964-558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789527403321 |
|
Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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||
| London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.09/051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Crises Civilization, Modern - 21st century East and West Crisis management Human ecology |
| ISBN |
1-84964-791-7
1-84964-558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- BETWEEN DANGER AND HOPE -- THE INVISIBLE CRISIS -- THE FAILURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVILIZATION -- THE CORE ARGUMENT -- STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENT -- 1. Climate Catastrophe -- A DEBATE RESOLVED? CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY ANTHROPOGENIC -- NATIONAL SECURITY ALERT -- RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE -- ABRUPT CHANGE THROUGH 'TIPPING POINTS' -- A SYSTEMIC FAILURE -- 2. Energy Scarcity -- ENERGY AND SOCIETY -- QUICK ALTERNATIVES TO CONVENTIONAL OIL? -- 3. Food Insecurity -- THE GLOBAL FOOD EMPIRE -- PEAK FOOD? -- 4. Economic Instability -- THE PROBLEM OF 'GROWTH' -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS -- 5. International Terrorism -- HYDROCARBON OVER-DEPENDENCE -- AL-QAEDA AND POST-COLD WAR WESTERN COVERT OPERATIONS -- THE 'REDIRECTION': AL-QAEDA SPONSORSHIP IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER 2003 -- 6. The Militarization Tendency -- EMPIRE -- DEFENDING THE HOMELAND -- 7. Diagnosis - Interrogating the Global Political Economy -- THE CONTINUUM OF CRISIS, AND CIVILIZATIONS AS COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS -- STRUCTURAL AND SOCIO-SYSTEMIC DYNAMICS OF CAPITALISM -- NEOLIBERAL COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE CAPITALISM -- THE POLITICAL-LEGAL REGULATION OF THE GLOBAL IMPERIAL SYSTEM -- CAPITALISM'S PHILOSOPHICAL BASE -- 8. Prognosis - The Post-Carbon Revolution and the Renewal of Civilization -- Afterword -- Notes and References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829600703321 |
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Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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| London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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