The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
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作者JeremyRifkin 著
出版社Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
出版时间2009-12
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作者
JeremyRifkin 著
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出版社
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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出版时间
2009-12
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ISBN
9781585427659
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定价
199.00元
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装帧
精装
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页数
688页
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"Oneoftheleadingbig-picturethinkersofourday"(UtneReader)delivershisboldestworkinthiserudite,tough-minded,andfar-reachingmanifesto.
Neverhastheworldseemedsocompletelyunited-intheformofcommunication,commerce,andculture-andsosavagelytornapart-intheformofwar,financialmeltdown,globalwarming,andeventhemigrationofdiseases.
Nomatterhowmuchweputourmindstothetaskofmeetingthechallengesofarapidlyglobalizingworld,thehumanraceseemstocontinuallycomeupshort,unabletomusterthecollectivementalresourcestotruly"thinkgloballyandactlocally."Inhismostambitiousbooktodate,bestsellingsocialcriticJeremyRifkinshowsthatthisdisconnectbetweenourvisionfortheworldandourabilitytorealizethatvisionliesinthecurrentstateofhumanconsciousness.Theverywayourbrainsarestructureddisposesustoawayoffeeling,thinking,andactingintheworldthatisnolongerentirelyrelevanttothenewenvironmentswehavecreatedforourselves.
Thehuman-madeenvironmentisrapidlymorphingintoaglobalspace,yetourexistingmodesofconsciousnessarestructuredforearliererasofhistory,whicharejustasquicklyfadingaway.Humanity,Rifkinargues,findsitselfonthecuspofitsgreatestexperimenttodate:refashioninghumanconsciousnesssothathumanbeingscanmutuallyliveandflourishinthenewglobalizingsociety.
Inessence,thisshiftinconsciousnessisbaseduponreachingouttoothers.Buttoresistthischangeinhumanrelationsandmodesofthinking,Rifkincontends,wouldspellineptnessanddisasterinfacingthenewchallengesaroundus.Astheforcesofglobalizationaccelerate,deepen,andbecomeevermorecomplex,theolderfaith-basedandrationalformsofconsciousnessarelikelytobecomestressed,andevendangerous,astheyattempttonavigateaworldincreasinglybeyondtheirreachandcontrol.Indeed,theemergenceofthisempatheticconsciousnesshasimplicationsforthefuturethatwilllikelybeasprofoundandfar-reachingaswhenEnlightenmentphilosophersupendedfaith-basedconsciousnesswiththecanonofreason.
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