Written for anyone with an interest in religion, ecology or global politics, this book traces the ecological crisis back to the victory of merchants over the Church, the enclosure of common land and the collapse of feudalism. The author argues that the integration achieved in the Christian civilization of Europe between humanity and nature was destroyed by the rise of capitalism and the development of modern technology; that loss of faith in God and reverence for nature went hand in hand, until now, when we are faced with the threat of the final victory of machine over man - the manipulation of the human genetic code by computer. Rifkin discusses the rise of "mechanistic consciousness" and sets against it the "therapeutic consciousness" of the 21st century. He predicts the end of the nation state and the multinational corporation, and suggests new ways of living in a global community which reflects the principles of spiritual ecology.

Biosphere Politics: A New Consciousness for a New Century

Politics & Social Sciences

JEREMY RIFKIN

Philosophy

Harpercollins/STL

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Granta 38, Winter 1991: We're So Happy!

Literature & Fiction

Ivan Klíma

Louise Erdrich

Tracy Kidder

Contemporary

Granta Books

The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is a Paid-For Experience [ The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is a Paid-For Experience by Rifkin, Jeremy ( Author ) Paperback Mar- 2001 ] Paperback Mar- 05- 2001

The Age Of Access: How The Shift From Ownership to Access Is Transforming Modern Life

Business & Money

Penguin??Books

Jeremy Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history - one characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs. The world, says Rifkin, is fast polarizing into two potentially irreconcilable forces: on one side, an information elite that controls and manages the high-tech global economy; and on the other, the growing numbers displaced workers, who have few prospects and little hope for meaningful employment in an increasingly automated world. The end of work could mean the demise of civilization as we have come to know it, or signal the beginning of a great social transformation and a rebirth of the human spirit.

The End of Work : The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post Market Era

Economics

Penguin

THE AGE OF ACCESS: HOW THE SHIFT FROM OWNERSHIP TO ACCESS IS TRANSFORMING MODERN LIFE (PENGUIN BUSINESS LIBRARY)

Who should play God?: The artificial creation of life and what it means for the future of the human race

Computers & Technology

Ted Howard

Computer Science

DELACORTE PRESS

Entropy is said to be a law of nature that constrains all we do. It is the tendency of everything to disorder and randomness. In this book, Jeremy Rifkin asserts our existing world view is crumbling and tells us what will replace it. After all, the other law of nature Rifkin addresses is that nature abhors a vacuum.

Entropy: A New World View

Science & Math

BANTAM BOOKS

(Still the best introduction to relating economics and the progress of man in time and it relates to the real world and its physical laws. It offers a comprehensive introduction and intuitive framework to understand some of the ecological challenges facing mankind. Written long time before global warming became an acknowledged issue, it has the explanative power to change peoples' perception of progress and positivism)

Entropy: A New World View (Paladin Books)

Paladin/granada

Traces the history of human beef consumption and asks why Western civilization continues to raise and eat the cattle that threaten the global environment, human health, and economic stability. 35,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture

Anthropology

Thompsons/HarperCollins

The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth

Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam

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