Vision 2020 : reordering chaos for global survival / Ervin Laszlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laszlo, Ervin, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Forecasting.

Social change.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Twenty-first century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiiv, 138 pages)

Place of Publication:

Yverdon, Switzerland ; Langhorne, Pa. : Gordon and Breach, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREAMBLE; CHAPTER 1 The Obsolescence of Modern Beliefs: Unsurprising Surprises at the Dawn of a New Age; CHAPTER 2 The Challenge of Responsibility; THE QUESTION OF BLAME; THE MATTER OF RESPONSIBILITY; THE CHALLENGE; CHAPTER 3 Bifurcation and Chaos: Understanding the Dynamics of Change; A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BIFURCATION AND CHAOS THEORY; BEYOND THEORY: BIFURCATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE; CHAPTER 4 Perspectives of an Evolving World: New Ways to See Our Future; TWO KINDS OF EVOLUTION; Biological Evolution; Social Evolution

EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN HISTORY The Circular Pattern; The Helical Pattern; The Linear Pattern; The Nonlinear Pattern; SEEING THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 5 The Butterflies of Chaos: Launching the Third Strategy; THE OBSOLETE ALTERNATIVES; THE HUMANISTIC EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY; CHAPTER 6 Vision 2020: Imaging a Post-Critical World; OBJECTIVES TO SAFEGUARD THE INDIVIDUAL; Objective Number One: Restrain the Power of Nation-States; Objective Number Two: Restrain the Power of Politicians; OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL COOPERATION; Objective Number Three: Concords of Defense Cooperation

Objective Number Four: Concords of Environmental Cooperation Objective Number Five: Concords of Development Cooperation; CHAPTER 7 The Grand Alliance of Science, Art, Religion, and Education; THE ROLE OF SCIENCE; THE ROLE OF ART; THE ROLE OF RELIGION; THE ROLE OF EDUCATION; CHAPTER 8 The Big Picture: Further Reflections on Our Past and Our Future; THE GAMBLE ON INTELLIGENCE; FACING OUR COLLECTIVE IQ TEST; Appendix Basic Concepts of Evolutionary Systems Theory; THE FOUNDATIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ADVANCES IN THEORY; IN CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING: Basic Writings on Evolution and Society; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-15143-9

0-203-99083-8

9780203990834

OCLC:

560302188