Ebook: A World In Transition: Humankind and Nature: The Green Book of “Einstein Meets Magritte”

A World in Transition, Humankind and Nature is appropriately entitled after its aim for an intrinsic property of reality: change.
Of major concern, in this era of transformation, is the extensive and profound interaction of humankind with nature. The global-scale social and technological project of humankind definitely involves a myriad of changes of the ecosphere. This book develops, from the call for an interdisciplinary synthesis and respect of plurality, acknowledging the evolving scientific truth, to the need for an integrated but inevitably provisional worldview.
Contributors from different parts of the world focus on four modes of change: (i) Social change and the individual condition, (ii) Complex evolution and fundamental emergent transformations, (iii) Ecological transformation and responsibility inquiries, (iv) The economic-ecological and socio-technical equilibria.
Primarily concerned with the deep transformations of humankind and of the relationship between humans and nature, it is addressed to a broad and thinking public that wants to be kept informed.

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A World in Transition, Humankind and Nature is appropriately entitled after its aim for an intrinsic property of reality: change.
Of major concern, in this era of transformation, is the extensive and profound interaction of humankind with nature. The global-scale social and technological project of humankind definitely involves a myriad of changes of the ecosphere. This book develops, from the call for an interdisciplinary synthesis and respect of plurality, acknowledging the evolving scientific truth, to the need for an integrated but inevitably provisional worldview.
Contributors from different parts of the world focus on four modes of change: (i) Social change and the individual condition, (ii) Complex evolution and fundamental emergent transformations, (iii) Ecological transformation and responsibility inquiries, (iv) The economic-ecological and socio-technical equilibria.
Primarily concerned with the deep transformations of humankind and of the relationship between humans and nature, it is addressed to a broad and thinking public that wants to be kept informed.

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A World in Transition, Humankind and Nature is appropriately entitled after its aim for an intrinsic property of reality: change.
Of major concern, in this era of transformation, is the extensive and profound interaction of humankind with nature. The global-scale social and technological project of humankind definitely involves a myriad of changes of the ecosphere. This book develops, from the call for an interdisciplinary synthesis and respect of plurality, acknowledging the evolving scientific truth, to the need for an integrated but inevitably provisional worldview.
Contributors from different parts of the world focus on four modes of change: (i) Social change and the individual condition, (ii) Complex evolution and fundamental emergent transformations, (iii) Ecological transformation and responsibility inquiries, (iv) The economic-ecological and socio-technical equilibria.
Primarily concerned with the deep transformations of humankind and of the relationship between humans and nature, it is addressed to a broad and thinking public that wants to be kept informed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
A Critique of the Competitiveness Imperative and Current Globalisation....Pages 1-18
Barriers of Human Evolution....Pages 19-31
Altered States of Society: A Tentative Approach....Pages 33-42
Social Space: From Freedom to Freedom of Movement....Pages 43-82
Hunger Strikes: The Dramaturgy of Starvation Politics....Pages 83-90
Supra-Human Institutions and the Human Condition....Pages 91-103
Stability, Turbulence, Chaos?: Systems Analogies and Metaphors, and Change in Contemporary World Politics....Pages 105-120
Confronting Health Transition Complexity....Pages 121-132
Non-Natural Cultural Universals Exist....Pages 133-156
Communication: The Key to Understanding the Very Nature of ‘Life’, ‘Death’ and the Force Driving Evolution....Pages 157-173
Science and Environmental Law. The Perspectives of Truth-Pluralism....Pages 175-196
Strength and Weakness (SWOT) Analysis of Humankind to Overcome the Global Ecological Challenges....Pages 197-204
“And you, my Mountain, will you Never Walk Towards me?”....Pages 205-215
Humankind and Nature....Pages 217-223
Rural Development Knowledge: Indigenous, Necessary, Appropriate....Pages 225-242
The Predicament of Ecological-Economic Valuation and the Need for Linkage Through an Institutional Framework....Pages 243-255
The Post-Industrial Society: What Future are we Preparing?....Pages 257-270
Scarcity Versus Fertility Two Ways of Thinking About Economy....Pages 271-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-287

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A World in Transition, Humankind and Nature is appropriately entitled after its aim for an intrinsic property of reality: change.
Of major concern, in this era of transformation, is the extensive and profound interaction of humankind with nature. The global-scale social and technological project of humankind definitely involves a myriad of changes of the ecosphere. This book develops, from the call for an interdisciplinary synthesis and respect of plurality, acknowledging the evolving scientific truth, to the need for an integrated but inevitably provisional worldview.
Contributors from different parts of the world focus on four modes of change: (i) Social change and the individual condition, (ii) Complex evolution and fundamental emergent transformations, (iii) Ecological transformation and responsibility inquiries, (iv) The economic-ecological and socio-technical equilibria.
Primarily concerned with the deep transformations of humankind and of the relationship between humans and nature, it is addressed to a broad and thinking public that wants to be kept informed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
A Critique of the Competitiveness Imperative and Current Globalisation....Pages 1-18
Barriers of Human Evolution....Pages 19-31
Altered States of Society: A Tentative Approach....Pages 33-42
Social Space: From Freedom to Freedom of Movement....Pages 43-82
Hunger Strikes: The Dramaturgy of Starvation Politics....Pages 83-90
Supra-Human Institutions and the Human Condition....Pages 91-103
Stability, Turbulence, Chaos?: Systems Analogies and Metaphors, and Change in Contemporary World Politics....Pages 105-120
Confronting Health Transition Complexity....Pages 121-132
Non-Natural Cultural Universals Exist....Pages 133-156
Communication: The Key to Understanding the Very Nature of ‘Life’, ‘Death’ and the Force Driving Evolution....Pages 157-173
Science and Environmental Law. The Perspectives of Truth-Pluralism....Pages 175-196
Strength and Weakness (SWOT) Analysis of Humankind to Overcome the Global Ecological Challenges....Pages 197-204
“And you, my Mountain, will you Never Walk Towards me?”....Pages 205-215
Humankind and Nature....Pages 217-223
Rural Development Knowledge: Indigenous, Necessary, Appropriate....Pages 225-242
The Predicament of Ecological-Economic Valuation and the Need for Linkage Through an Institutional Framework....Pages 243-255
The Post-Industrial Society: What Future are we Preparing?....Pages 257-270
Scarcity Versus Fertility Two Ways of Thinking About Economy....Pages 271-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-287
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