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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Sustainability
- civilization
- crisis
- overshoot and collapse
- integral world view
- world views
- value orientations
- social surveys
- macro history
- modernism
- post modernism
- ethics
- culture
- music
- religion
- spirituality
- consciousness
- compassion
- empathy
- centrifugal forces
- democracy
- economy
- Governance
- human rights
- Institution
- politics
- social responsibility
- sustainability
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'The current disastrous impasse in global society has resulted from pursuing policies justified by a worldview that is no longer relevant social progress through economic growth, both without limit. If we continue to use that worldview to design policy responses to the crisis of humanity, it will only get worse. Sustainable Civilization offers an alternative. It lays out a novel and useful framework for describing paradigms. It discusses the options that are realistically available to us and offers guidelines for more effective policies.' Dennis Meadows, author of Limits to Growth (1972)
'The human mind seems to allow the quick embracing of deeply ingrained belief systems, and then extremes of denial in defence of them. This is why, like earlier civilizations, we tend to a suicidal blindness when facing enormous risks. This book is about these patterns of behaviour, the values that underpin them and how they need to change urgently. I recommend it and urge all to action on the consequences of it.' Jeremy Leggett, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, UK
'Klaas van Egmond is an unconventional and engaging thinker In his new book, he addresses questions about how to develop a more sustainable world in new ways, reviews the values that underpin individual and organizational behaviour and redefines human dignity in the process. Sustainable Civilization explores the internal dimension of sustainability and connects it with its external developments. He shows how climate change, the social crisis and the financial crisis are interconnected. This book is a must read for social entrepreneurs, bankers, scientists, politicians and citizens looking for a better understanding of what is happening around us and how to pursue a more sustainable future.' Peter Blom, CEO Triodos Bank
'Professor van Egmond's book is an important contribution to the understanding we need to find our way toward a more balanced and sustainable civilization. His emphasis on the crucial role of integral worldviews is a welcome addition to the current literature where "hard" factors such as energy, resources and finance take the centre stage. If we are to create a better world, that creation must start in our thinking in our worldview. And reading van Egmond's book helps this essential process get under way.' Ervin Laszlo, founder of the Club of Budapest
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Civilization
Authors: Klaas Egmond
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137382702
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38269-6Published: 15 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48010-4Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38270-2Published: 19 August 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 246
Topics: Development Economics, Development Studies, International Relations, Development Policy, Political Science, Sustainable Development