Sustainable Civilization [electronic resource] /
Egmond, Klaas van.author.
In order to be sustainable, a civilization must maintain the balance between 'mind' and 'matter' and between the egocentric 'I' and 'the others'. This book investigates how new institutional arrangements in politics, economy and finance can resolve the current crisis of social values by restoring this delicate balance between opposing forces.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; To the Reader; 1 Western Civilization in Crisis; 1.1 Economic growth and social progress; 1.2 The ecological crisis; 1.3 Economy versus ecology; 1.4 Limits to growth; 1.5 The financial crisis - 'no one saw this coming'; 1.6 The sociocultural issue; 1.7 Sustainability and quality of life; 1.8 Summary; 2 Human Value Orientations: Worldviews; 2.1 Social surveys; 2.2 Philosophical and religious notes; 2.3 The resulting worldview; 2.4 Summary; 3 The Laboratory of History; 3.1 History repeats itself; 3.2 Overshoot and collapse of value orientations
3.3 Centrifugal forces3.4 The power of identity; 3.5 Reversal of ends and means; 3.6 What will happen next?; 3.7 Summary; 4 The West and the East; 5 The Message of Culture and Religion; 5.1 Culture; 5.2 Spirituality and consciousness; 5.3 Summary; 6 Sustainable Civilization; 6.1 Ethics; 6.2 Human dignity; 6.3 Good, truth and beauty; 6.4 Freedom and free will; 6.5 Human rights; 6.6 Democracy and social responsibility; 6.7 Summary; 7 Agenda for a Sustainable Civilization; 7.1 The political task: the radical centre; 7.2 People, the social issue; 7.3 Planet: the environmental issue
7.4 Profit: economy and finance7.5 Summary; 8 Sustainable Economy; 8.1 Economic means to social ends; 8.2 Ownership, economic scale and dematerialization; 8.3 Summary; 9 Sustainable Finance; 9.1 The caricature of our times; 9.2 Financial means to economic ends; 9.3 Summary; 10 There Is an Alternative; 10.1 Crisis; 10.2 A new form of governance; 10.3 Agenda; 10.4 An end to the caricature; 10.5 Sustainable civilization; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In order to be sustainable, a civilization must maintain the balance between 'mind' and 'matter' and between the egocentric 'I' and 'the others'. This book investigates how new institutional arrangements in politics, economy and finance can resolve the current crisis of social values by restoring this delicate balance between opposing forces.
Development economics.
Economic development.
International relations.
Economic policy.
Political science.
Sustainable development.
Development Economics.
Development Studies.
International Relations.
Development Policy.
Political Science.
Sustainable Development.