A more perfect union : holistic worldviews and the transformation of American culture after World War II
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A more perfect union : holistic worldviews and the transformation of American culture after World War II
(Oxford paperbacks)
Oxford University Press, 2012
- : pbk
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注記
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2012"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 291-328
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In 1962, when the Cold War threatened to ignite in the Cuban Missile Crisis, when more nuclear test bombs were detonated than in any other year in history, Rachel Carson released her own bombshell, Silent Spring, to challenge society's use of pesticides. To counter the use of chemicals-and bombs-the naturalist articulated a holistic vision. She wrote about a "web of life" that connected humans to the world around them and argued that actions taken in one
place had consequences elsewhere. Thousands accepted her message, joined environmental groups, flocked to Earth Day celebrations, and lobbied for legislative regulation.
Carson was not the only intellectual to offer holistic answers to society's problems. This book uncovers a sensibility in post-World War II American culture that both tested the logic of the Cold War and fed some of the twentieth century's most powerful social movements, from civil rights to environmentalism to the counterculture. The study examines important leaders and institutions that embraced and put into practice a holistic vision for a peaceful, healthful, and just world: nature writer
Rachel Carson, structural engineer R. Buckminster Fuller, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., Jesuit priest and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow, and the Esalen Institute and its founders, Michael Murphy and Dick Price. Each looked to whole
systems instead of parts and focused on connections, interdependencies, and integration to create a better world.
Though the '60s dreams of creating a more perfect world were tempered by economic inequalities, political corruption, and deep social divisions, this holistic sensibility continues to influence American culture today.
目次
- Preface
- Introduction: Holistic Sensibilities in the Long 1960s
- Chapter 1: The Natural Environment: Rachel Carson's Web of Life
- Chapter 2: The Built Environment: Buckminster Fuller's Spaceship Earth
- Chapter 3: The Social World: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Beloved Community
- Chapter 4: Cosmic Dimensions: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's Omega Point
- Chapter 5: The Psychological Realm: Abraham Maslow's Self-Actualized Individuals and Eupsychian Community
- Chapter 6: The Esalen Institute: A Center for Holistic Pursuits
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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