Against apocalypse : recovering humanity's wholeness / Fred Dallmayr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Peace.

Humanity.

Physical Description:

139 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Denounces the recklessness of some geo-political agendas pushing relentlessly toward a major global war, and possibly toward nuclear destruction or apocalypse.

Contents:

Introduction

Apocalypse now?: politics between life and death

World order and Abendland: toward global renewal

Taming Leviathan: beyond political "realism"

World maintenance: Loka-samgraha and Tian-Xia

Relating heaven and humanity: neither one nor two

Humanizing humanity: for a post-secular humanism

Farewell and Ereignis: beyond hard power and soft power

Dwelling in the world: on rectifying names

Appendix A Earth and the world: Ananta Giri's "roots and routes"

Appendix B Who owns the world? Chomskyan reflections

Appendix C Sharing the world: recovering the commons

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index (pages 131-139).

ISBN:

9781498524445

1498524443

OCLC:

922913518