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001 2009036616
003 DLC
005 20120215104828.0
008 090902s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009036616
020 $a9781585427659
020 $a1585427659
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn426803865
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050 00 $aBJ1475$b.R54 2009
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100 1 $aRifkin, Jeremy.
245 14 $aThe empathic civilization :$bthe race to global consciousness in a world in crisis /$cJeremy Rifkin.
260 $aNew York :$bJ.P. Tarcher/Penguin,$cc2009.
300 $ax, 674 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [643]-656) and index.
505 0 $aThe hidden paradox of human history -- The new view of human nature -- A sentient interpretation of biological evolution -- Becoming human -- Rethinking the meaning of the human journey -- The ancient theological brain and patriarchal economy -- Cosmopolitan Rome and the rise of urban Christianity -- The soft industrial revolution of the late medieval era and the birth of humanism -- Ideological thinking in a modern market economy -- Psychological consciousness in a postmodern existential world -- The climb to global peak empathy -- The planetary entropic abyss -- The emerging era of distributed capitalism -- The theatrical self in an improvisational society -- Biosphere consciousness in a climax economy.
520 $aBestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness.
650 0 $aEmpathy.
650 0 $aConduct of life.
650 0 $aCivilization, Modern$y21st century$xForecasting.
650 0 $aTwenty-first century$vForecasts.
650 0 $aSocial prediction.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2009036616-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2009036616-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2009036616-s.html