Transforming Human Culture: Social Evolution and the Planetary Crisis

By Jay Earley

Book Overview

Introduction to SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction

II. The Model of Social Evolution

PART ONE. OUR HISTORY

III. Stage 1: Tribal Hungting Magic

IV. Stage 2: Mythology and the Farming Village

V. Stage 3: The Warrior State

VI. Evolutionary Driving Forces

VII. The Evolution of Oppression

VIII. Stage 4: Universal Religion and Philosophy

IX. Stage 5: The Modern Era

PART TWO. THE CURRENT CRISIS

X. The Ecological Crisis

XI. The Population Explosion

XII. Markets Not Communities

XIII. Loss of Meaning and Vitality

PART THREE. SOLUTIONS

XIV. Overview of the Model

XV. Cooperation and Democratic Economics

XVI. Culture and Gender

XVII. Ecological Economics and Population

XVIII. The Evolution of Consciousness

XIX. Conscious Participation

XX. The Social Realm

XXI. Position Analysis

XXII. Everyone Has a Part to Play

PART FOUR. THE LARGER VIEW

XXIII. Social and General Evolution

XXIV. Global Consciousness

XXV. Conclusion

Note on Centers and About the Author

Bibliography

Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791433749
• ISBN13: 9780791433744
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher