The Meaning of the Twentieth Century: The Great Transition

ISBN-13: 9781032189123 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 212 str.

Kenneth E. Boulding

Opis

Originally published in 1965 this book traces the forces which have brought the 20^th century ‘post-civilisation’ into being: the ever-increasing power of science and the scientific attitude, the global communication network, the high efficiency of industrial societies.

Spis treści

1. The Great Transition 2. Science as the Basis of the Great Transition 3. The Significance of the Social Sciences 4. The War Trap 5. Economic Development: The Difficult Take-Off 6. The Population Trap 7. The Entropy Trap 8. The Role of Ideology in the Great Transition 9. A Strategy for the Transition.

O autorze

Kenneth Boulding was an English-born American peace activist, economist, educator and philosopher.