Transforming human culture : social evolution and the planetary crisis
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Transforming human culture : social evolution and the planetary crisis
（SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought）
State University of New York Press, c1997
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Bibliography: p. [337]-342
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Explains how human social evolution has led both to worthwhile achievements and moral horrors and provides perspective on today's planetary crisis by viewing it as a transition within the larger picture of social evolution.
Table of Contents
Introduction to SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
II. The Model of Social Evolution
PART ONE. OUR HISTORY
III. Stage 1: Tribal Hungting Magic
IV. Stage 2: Mythology and the Farming Village
V. Stage 3: The Warrior State
VI. Evolutionary Driving Forces
VII. The Evolution of Oppression
VIII. Stage 4: Universal Religion and Philosophy
IX. Stage 5: The Modern Era
PART TWO. THE CURRENT CRISIS
X. The Ecological Crisis
XI. The Population Explosion
XII. Markets Not Communities
XIII. Loss of Meaning and Vitality
PART THREE. SOLUTIONS
XIV. Overview of the Model
XV. Cooperation and Democratic Economics
XVI. Culture and Gender
XVII. Ecological Economics and Population
XVIII. The Evolution of Consciousness
XIX. Conscious Participation
XX. The Social Realm
XXI. Position Analysis
XXII. Everyone Has a Part to Play
PART FOUR. THE LARGER VIEW
XXIII. Social and General Evolution
XXIV. Global Consciousness
XXV. Conclusion
Note on Centers and About the Author
Bibliography
Index
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