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Author Schafer, D. Paul.

Title Revolution or renaissance : making the transition from an economic age to a cultural age / D. Paul Schafer
Published Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (ii, 303 pages) : illustrations
Series Governance series ; 16
Governance series ; 16.
Contents Origins of the economic age -- Evolution of the economic age -- Mechanics of the economic age -- Assessment of the economic age -- Signs of a cultural age -- Foundations for a cultural age -- Priorities for a cultural age -- Flourishing of a cultural age
Summary 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 it both as a concep
Analysis development
economics
culture
power
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index
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Subject Economics -- History.
Culture -- Forecasting
Human ecology -- Forecasting
Sustainable development -- Forecasting
Environmental protection -- Forecasting
Culture
Internationalism.
Culture
internationalism.
culture note.
culture (concept)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
Culture
Culture -- Forecasting
Economics
Human ecology -- Forecasting
Internationalism
Sustainable development -- Forecasting
Wirtschaft
Kultur
Humanökologie
Nachhaltigkeit
Umweltschutz
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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