Time, progress, growth and technology : how humans and the Earth are responding / Filipe Duarte Santos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santos, Filipe Duarte, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Frontiers collection

The Frontiers collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Environmental policy.

Sociology.

Community psychology.

Environmental psychology.

Ecology.

Philosophy of mind.

Human beings--Effect of climate on.

Human beings.

Human beings--Origin.

Sustainable development--Social aspects.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 703 pages ; 25 cm.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

Summary:

This book addresses the current challenges of sustainable development, including its social, economic and environmental components. The author argues that we need to develop a new concept of time based on inter-generational solidarity, which focuses both on the long- and the short term. The evolution of man's notions of time are analyzed from prehistory to modern times, showing how these concepts shape our worldviews, our ecological paradigms and our equilibrium with our planet. Practical approaches to dealing with the major medium- and long term sustainability challenges of the 21st century are presented and discussed. This is a thought provoking and timely book that addresses the main global socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the current and future generations, using science-based analysis and perspectives. It presents an historical narrative of the advent of progress, economic growth and technology, and discusses the structural changes needed to co-create sustainable pathways. It provides hope for our future on Earth, mankinds common home. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Contents:

Time

Human Life and Immortality

The Initial Part of Homo Sapiens' Time

Modernity and the Acceleration of Time

The Triumph and Challenges Created by the Idea of Progress

Prosperity, Egoism, Voluntary Simplicity, Sustainability, and Expectations of Immortality

Anthropocene, Technosphere, Biosphere, and the Contemporary Utopias

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783030553326

3030553329

OCLC:

1201295238

Publisher Number:

99988374283

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