Macroshift : Navigating the Transformation to a Sustainable World

We live in the midst of one of the greatest technological revolutions in history, an era of deep-seated transformation-a macroshift in civilization, says preeminent scholar and futurist Ervin Laszlo. Its signs and manifestations are all around us, from the deadly HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping Africa and the dangerous fire-trap sweatshops routinely killing workers in Bangladesh, to the environmental havoc created by genetic engineering, power plant pollution and mechanized agriculture. The application of new technologies has turned into a double-edged sword.The world is growing together in some re

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Year of publication:	1994
Authors:	Laszlo, Ervin
Publisher:	San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Subject:	Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Welt \| World \| Organisatorischer Wandel \| Organizational change
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (252 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Foreword; Preface; I: WORLD IN MACROSHIFT; 1 What Is a Macroshift?; 2 Macroshifts Past and Present; 3 Decisive Factors in Today's Macroshift; 4 The Choice; II: THE NEW IMPERATIVES; 5 Forget Obsolete Beliefs; 6 Learn to Live with Diversity; 7 Embrace a Planetary Ethic; 8 Meet Your Responsibilities; III: THE WAY AHEAD; 9 Evolution from Logos to Holos; 10 The Quiet Dawn of Holos Consciousness; 11 You Can Change the World; TWELVE COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE CLUB OF BUDAPEST; Peter Russell; Edgar Mitchell; Karan Singh; Thomas Berry; Robert Muller; Riane Eisler; Edgar Morin Pir Vilayat Inayat KhanIgnazio Masulli; Otto Herbert Hajek; Peter Roche; Gary Zukav; POSTSCRIPT: The Holistic Paradigm in Science; References & Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author; About the Club of Budapest; The Manifesto of Planetary Consciousness; Honorary Members; The Secretariat; Additional Internet Resources; JAPAN PEACE PRIZE COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS: That Peace May Prevail in This World; Pir Vilayat Inayat KhanIgnazio Masulli; Otto Herbert Hajek; Peter Roche; Gary Zukav; POSTSCRIPT: The Holistic Paradigm in Science; References & Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author; About the Club of Budapest; The Manifesto of Planetary Consciousness; Honorary Members; The Secretariat; Additional Internet Resources; JAPAN PEACE PRIZE COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS: That Peace May Prevail in This World
ISBN:	978-1-57675-163-3 ; 978-1-57675-178-7 ; 978-1-57675-163-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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