The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

图书标准信息

• 作者 JeremyRifkin 著
• 出版社 Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
• 出版时间 2009-12
• ISBN 9781585427659
• 定价 199.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 688页

【内容简介】

"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.