America's global responsibility : individuation, initiation and threefolding / Jeshayahu Ben-Aharon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Ahron, J., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

United States--Social conditions.

United States.

Social conditions.

United States--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xi, 179 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Great Barrington, Mass. : Lindisfarne Books, 2004.

Summary:

Jesaiah Ben-Aharon recalls the founding vision of the United States and reminds the reader of the obligations inherent in the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence. After summarizing current world socioeconomic conditions, the author discusses the dire consequences of ignoring the country's obligations. He explains how we can stop the harmful effects of globalization while introducing progressive social structures. Using a concept developed by Rudolf Steiner, Ben-Aharon begins with the human being and an individual's full actualization--a process that the United States is historically and karmically destined to foster. He explains not only how we arrived at our current situation, but how an understanding of America's role in the development of global civil society can help us achieve cultural and spiritual freedom, political equality, and economic cooperation in America and the world. The ideas expressed here have never been more relevant or needed in the world.

Contents:

The great takeover : how America's political establishment became a tool of elite globalization

Old social Darwinism and new economy

Is America turning into an "80/20" society?

The global social situation at the beginning of the twenty-first century

The Asia economic crisis 1997-1998

Survival of the fittest

Joseph Stiglitz's condemnation of the "Washington consensus"

The 77 group meeting at Havana

The moral divide

Threefolding in historical perspective

The weakening of the modern state : global economy rules the world

Modern state and centralized social structure

Civil society comes of age : a global call to conscience

Individuation and social decentralization

Individuation and modern initiation : the spiritual origin of threefolding

Synergy between social activism and spiritualized science and consciousness

The battle of Seattle and its aftermath : elite views of civil society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1584200189

OCLC:

52127943