The limits of civilization / Andrew Targowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Targowski, Andrew, 1937- author.

Series:

Focus on civilizations and cultures.

Focus on Civilization and Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book has been inspired by Dennis Meadows's (et al.) The Limits to Growth, published 41 years ago, in 1972. It forewarned the general public about the exhaustion of strategic resources of the planet as known at that time, unless economic and population expansions were halted. This resulted in the world becoming aware of the crisis of civilization. Measures were taken to reduce the consumption of the strategic resources, including the promotion of recycling resources used. Efforts were made internationally to introduce the practice of climate and environmental protection, to little avail.

Contents:

""THE LIMITS OF CIVILIZATION""; ""THE LIMITS OF CIVILIZATION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION""; ""Part I: Introduction to Civilization""; ""Chapter 1: The Nature of Civilization""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2: How Civilizations Perish""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3: The Second Great Crisis of Civilization in History""; ""Over-communication Crisis""; ""Super-capacity Crisis""; ""Global Business Crisis""; ""The Crisis of Religion""; ""Population Crisis""; ""Ecological Crisis""; ""The Crisis of Natural Resources""

""Food Crisis""""The Crisis of Technology""; ""The Crisis of Science""; ""Administration Crisis""; ""War Crisis""; ""Media Crisis""; ""Political Crisis""; ""Culture and Trust Crises""; ""Education Crisis""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4: The Global Civilization Development and Its Repercussions""; ""Summary""; ""Part II: Civilization in Crisis""; ""Chapter 5: The Death Triangle of Civilization in the 21st Century""; ""Goals by 2050 � Preventing the Civilization Death Triangle""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6: Capitalism and the 21st Century Limits of Civilization""; ""Summary""

""Chapter 7: Superconsumerism and the 21st Century""""Summary""; ""Chatper 8: Technology and the Limits of Civilization in the 21st Century""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 9: Climate and the 21st Century Limits of Civilization""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 10: Culture and the 21st Century Limits of Civilization""; ""Electronic Civilization (1990

-)""; ""Electronic Culture""; ""The Global Culture""; ""Virtual Civilization and Culture (2010

-)""; ""Summary""; ""Part III: End of Civilization?""; ""Chatper 11: The Power of Crisis Relations and the Limits of Civilization in the 21st Century""

""Background""""The Centrality of Crises in the Early 21st Century""; ""How to Eliminate these Crises?""; ""The State of Economic Sciences in the Early 21st Century""; ""No End to the Development of More Productive Economy?""; ""Summary""; ""Chatper 12: Can Civilization Survive?""; ""The Plight of Civilization""; ""The Future of Civilization""; ""Wise Civilization [2]""; ""Spirituality 2.0 [3]""; ""Universal-Complementary Civilization""; ""Summary""; ""Chatper 13: Where Are We Heading?""; ""Bibliography""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""

""Chapter 5""""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Chapter 12""; ""Chapter 13""; ""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 January 15, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-468-3

OCLC:

898892925