Culture is essential to everything we do and is going to play a very significant role in the world of the future. In spite of this, most of us have only a hazy understanding of culture and do not realize how it will affect individual, institutional, community, national, and international affairs. This volume delves deeply into the domain of culture--both as a concept and as a reality--and proposes a formulation of the world system of the future according to culture's highest and most enduring principles. The author draws on many disciplines--anthropology, sociology, philosophy, cosmology,...
Culture is essential to everything we do and is going to play a very significant role in the world of the future. In spite of this, most of us have on...
Culture is essential to everything we do and is going to play a very significant role in the world of the future. In spite of this, most of us have only a hazy understanding of culture and do not realize how it will affect individual, institutional, community, national, and international affairs. This volume delves deeply into the domain of culture--both as a concept and as a reality--and proposes a formulation of the world system of the future according to culture's highest and most enduring principles. The author draws on many disciplines--anthropology, sociology, philosophy, cosmology,...
Culture is essential to everything we do and is going to play a very significant role in the world of the future. In spite of this, most of us have on...
In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world - economics and culture - to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous productive power; however, it is not capable of coming to grips with the problems threatening human and non-human life on this planet. After tracing the evolution of the economic age from the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations in 1776 to the present, he turns his attention to culture, examining...
In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world - economics and culture - to a detailed ...
"A celebration of Canadian creativity over many centuries " -Walter Pitman, former MP, MPP and president of Ryerson University
"Far from being unimaginative and unexciting, Canadians are among the world's most creative people. This book explains why." -James Gillies, professor emeritus, York University
"A perfect point of departure for the rebranding of Canada as a proud, dynamic, innovative, and forward-looking nation." -John Hobday, former director, Canada Council for the Arts
In this exciting new book, noted author and cultural scholar D. Paul Schafer tackles the...
"A celebration of Canadian creativity over many centuries " -Walter Pitman, former MP, MPP and president of Ryerson University
Humanity's future depends on the adoption of culture as the central organizing principle of society.
Decades of investigation, reflection and research have led cultural scholar Paul Schafer to this conclusion. Originally trained as an economist, Schafer came to realize that, despite all its benefits, the current "economic age" must soon give way to a new "age of culture" that places the highest priority on people and the natural environment, rather than materialism and the marketplace.
"The Secrets of Culture" describes Schafer's personal and professional journey toward this crucial...
Humanity's future depends on the adoption of culture as the central organizing principle of society.
