Author: Anne Merkley Publisher: ISBN: 9781979411707 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
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Neo-Rationality and the Environment:A Paradigm Shift for Survival, versatile scholar, philosopher, spiritualist, visionary, and writer Anne Merkley guides the reader through the labyrinth of a paradigm shift in our manner of thinking about the world.She believes that the only way this book avoids being a eulogy for a dying planet and for culture as we know it is if fundamental changes take place within the realm of human consciousness. In the new paradigm the effects of population growth and increased standards of living must be defined, identified, critiqued and reevaluated.Neo-Rationality and the Environment is the result of decades of interdisciplinary study that weds the fields of anthropology, psychology, ecology, economics, and politics into a unified whole. It brings the principles of human thought processes up through centuries of evolution and applies them to currently unprecedented crises.Says the author, "This message is sent to all inhabitants on planet Earth, from the heart, for our very survival."
Author: Anne Merkley Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781983547652 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
In A Paradigm Shift for Survival, versatile scholar, philosopher, spiritualist, visionary, and writer Anne Merkley guides the reader through the labyrinth of a paradigm shift in our manner of thinking about the world. She believes that the only way this book avoids being a eulogy for a dying planet and for culture as we know it is if fundamental changes take place within the realm of human consciousness. In the new paradigm the effects of population growth and increased standards of living must be defined, identified, critiqued and reevaluated. A Paradigm Shift for Survival is the result of decades of interdisciplinary study that weds the fields of anthropology, psychology, ecology, economics, and politics into a unified whole. It brings the principles of human thought processes up through centuries of evolution and applies them to currently unprecedented crises. Says the author, "This message is sent to all inhabitants on planet Earth, from the heart, for our very survival."
Author: Anne Merkley Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781979855655 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
Neo-Rationality and the Environment: A Paradigm Shift for Survival, versatile scholar, philosopher, spiritualist, visionary, and writer Anne Merkley guides the reader through the labyrinth of a paradigm shift in our manner of thinking about the world. She believes that the only way this book avoids being a eulogy for a dying planet and for culture as we know it is if fundamental changes take place within the realm of human consciousness. In the new paradigm the effects of population growth and increased standards of living must be defined, identified, critiqued and reevaluated. Neo-Rationality and the Environment is the result of decades of interdisciplinary study that weds the fields of anthropology, psychology, ecology, economics, and politics into a unified whole. It brings the principles of human thought processes up through centuries of evolution and applies them to currently unprecedented crises. Says the author, "This message is sent to all inhabitants on planet Earth, from the heart, for our very survival."
Author: Anne Merkley Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986320450 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
In A Paradigm Shift for Survival, versatile scholar, philosopher, spiritualist, visionary, and writer Anne Merkley guides the reader through the labyrinth of a paradigm shift in our manner of thinking about the world. She believes that the only way this book avoids being a eulogy for a dying planet and for culture as we know it is if fundamental changes take place within the realm of human consciousness. In the new paradigm the effects of population growth and increased standards of living must be defined, identified, critiqued and reevaluated. A Paradigm Shift for Survival is the result of decades of interdisciplinary study that weds the fields of anthropology, psychology, ecology, economics, and politics into a unified whole. It brings the principles of human thought processes up through centuries of evolution and applies them to currently unprecedented crises. Says the author, "This message is sent to all inhabitants on planet Earth, from the heart, for our very survival."
Author: Jonas Anshelm Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317671066 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 210
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This book examines the arguments made by political actors in the creation of antagonistic discourses on climate change. Using in-depth empirical research from Sweden, a country considered by the international political community to be a frontrunner in tackling climate change, it draws out lessons that contribute to the worldwide environmental debate. The book identifies and analyses four globally circulated discourses that call for very different action to be taken to achieve sustainability: Industrial fatalism, Green Keynesianism, Eco-socialism and Climate scepticism. Drawing on risk society and post-political theory, it elaborates concepts such as industrial modern masculinity and ecomodern utopia, exploring how it is possible to reconcile apocalyptic framing to the dominant discourse of political conservatism. This highly original and detailed study focuses on opinion leaders and the way discourses are framed in the climate change debate, making it valuable reading for students and scholars of environmental communication and media, global environmental policy, energy research and sustainability.
Author: Dave MacQuarrie MD PhD Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 9781477286500 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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There are many books written on the need to change consciousness but rarely does anyone explore the depths of humanitys refusal to do so, even under threat of the approaching cataclysm in our refusal to deal with climate change. Dave MacQuarrie has written such a book. In it, he explains both why it is so difficult for us to change and what all of us can do to become more aware and more free of the darkness within. It is a superb book. Jim Garrison, President and CEO of Ubiquity University, and author of Civilization and the Transformation of Power. Acedia is a well-informed and inspired book about the historical and psychological origins of a centuries old affliction. Acedia masterfully connects the dots between personal psychological traumas and looming environmental collapse. Dr. MacQuarrie pulls no punches, yet offers a ray of hope that we just might save our future. Christian de Quincey, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, and author of Radical Nature: The Soul of Matter. This is a wise, searching book by an authentic scholar and seeker. It helps us enter into the darker waters of our crisis, and find their treasures of dark wisdom and endurance. Andrew Harvey, poet, mystical scholar, Founder/Director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, and author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism. Dr. MacQuarrie has lifted the ancient monastic curse of acedia out of its medieval tomb and applied it aptly to the dis-ease of the contemporary world. His interpretation of the human resistance is perceptive and provides important insights into our present inclination to repudiate changes that demand action on our part. A serious and sensitive work. Father John-Julian, an Episcopal priest and contemplative monk, translator of Julian of Norwichs Revelations of Divine Love.
Author: Michael E. Colby Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: Category : Economic development Languages : en Pages : 42
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In the past quarter century, environmental management has increasingly become a concern of governments. More recently, the traditional split between developers and conservationists has begun to break down. Conceptions of what is economically and technologically practical, ecologically necessary, and politically feasible are rapidly changing. This report discusses the implications of five paradigms of environmental management in development. The author notes that the remedial legalistic approach of environmental management is breaking down. Instead, interest in the more economically integrated approach of resource management has recently taken hold. Several interdependent forces indicate that improving the economic management of pollution and resources may be a necessary but insufficient measure to create the conditions for sustainable development. The perception of tradeoffs between development and environmental quality persists in the present debate, but its necessity is greatly exaggerated, according to this paper. Finally, it is noted that paradigms may be impervious to evidence, and institutions and societies too difficult to change. Whether, when and how these issues are resolved may be modern civilization's most significant test.
Author: Robert Doyle Bullard Publisher: Earthscan ISBN: 1849771774 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 360
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Environmental activists and academics alike are realizing that a sustainable society must be a just one. Environmental degradation is almost always linked to questions of human equality and quality of life. Throughout the world, those segments of the population that have the least political power and are the most marginalized are selectively victimized by environmental crises. This book argues that social and environmental justice within and between nations should be an integral part of the policies and agreements that promote sustainable development. The book addresses the links between environmental quality and human equality and between sustainability and environmental justice.
Author: Nancy Morvillo Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9781444317305 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 368
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From the heliocentric controversy and evolution, to debates onbiotechnology and the environment, this book offers a balancedintroduction to the key issues in science and religion. A balanced, introductory textbook which fully spans theinterface between science and religion, and includes illustrationsof scientific concepts throughout Explores key historical issues, including the heliocentriccontroversy, and evolution, but also topics of current importance,such as biotechnology and environmental issues Appendices include a wide range of biblical readings; excerptsfrom early philosophers, theologians and scientists, includingAristotle, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, Galileo, Newton, and Darwin; andshort works from twentieth and twenty-first century scientists andtheologians Accessibly structured in to sections covering cosmology,evolution, and ethics in a scientific age Provides significant coverage of scientific information andbalanced explanations of the key debates for introductorystudents
Author: Georges de Schrijver Publisher: Peeters Publishers ISBN: 9789042903029 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 484
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Besides their insistence on praxis and the application of the Word of God to a given situation, Liberation Theologies make ample use of tools of analysis to uncover root causes of oppression. Now, it is precisely with respect to these tools that Liberation Theologies today find themselves on shifting grounds. In intra-ecclesiastical circles cultural concerns have come to replace socio-economic analysis, whereas after the implosion of the East Bloc the liberationists proper also pay more attention to the issues of gender, ecology, and indigenous movements. The contributions to this volume, originating from various continents, discuss to what extent this shift in emphasis is desirable, and acceptable, and conclude that the cultural focus cannot possibly invalidate but only enrich and complete the socio-economic analysis. They, moreover, try to assess the developments in light of globalization (economics, informatics), on the one hand, and postmodernity on the other. Given the impact of western culture politics, the question arises as to whether the native cultures will succeed in keeping up their religious core values and structures of solidarity - two elements so indispensable for liberative commitments.
Author: Anne Merkley
Author: Anne Merkley
Author: Anne Merkley
Author: Anne Merkley
Author: Jonas Anshelm
Author: Dave MacQuarrie MD PhD
Author: Michael E. Colby
Author: Robert Doyle Bullard
Author: Nancy Morvillo
Author: Georges de Schrijver