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

Stuart Little 2: Movie Storybook (Stuart Little 2)

Children's Books

Animals

Puffin Books

Explains the nature of recombinant DNA and provides an historical review of the heated controversy surrounding eugenics and genetic engineering

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

Redneck Power: The Wit and Wisdom of Billy Carter

BANTAM BOOKS

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

(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)

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 road to global security," writes Jeremy Rifkin, "lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustain life. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is a promissory note for a safer world."  Rifkin's international bestseller The Hydrogen Economy presents the clearest, most comprehensive case for moving ourselves away from the destructive and waning years of the oil era toward a new kind of energy regime. Hydrogen-one of the most abundant substances in the universe-holds the key, Rifkin argues, to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable world.

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

Economics

Polity Press

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