Beyond human resources to post-human resources. Volume 2 : towards a new theory of quantity and quality in demographics / Peter Baofu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baofu, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is it really true that, as the Roman philosopher Seneca famously said in antiquity, ""It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters""? (TE 2013) This popular view on quality can be contrasted with an opposing view by John Ruskin, who wrote that ""the strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it."" (TE 2013a) Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), human resources (in relation to quantity and quality) are neither possible (nor impossible) nor desirable (or undesirable) to the extent that the

Contents:

""Beyond Human Resources to Post-Human Resources:m Towards a New Theory of Quantity and Quality in Demographics. Volume 2""; ""Beyond Human Resources to Post-Human Resources:m Towards a New Theory of Quantity and Quality in Demographics. Volume 2""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU""; ""CONTENTS""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""PART THREE: Quality""; ""CHAPTER 3: QUALITY AND ITS TWO FACES""; ""The Valuation of Quality""; ""Quality and the Mind""; ""Quality and Nature""; ""Quality and Society""; ""Quality and Culture""

""The Overvaluation of Quality""""PART FOUR: Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION- THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RESOURCES ""; ""Beyond Quantity and Quality""; ""In Relation to Method""; ""In Relation to Structure""; ""In Relation to Process""; ""In Relation to Agency""; ""In Relation to Outcome""; ""34th Thesis: The Post-Human Emergence""; ""Towards the Post-Human Emergence""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 21, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-530-X

OCLC:

916950034