Table Of Contents - Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age

PROLOGUE
1

PART I
THE AGE OF ECONOMICS

1. ORIGINS OF THE ECONOMIC AGE
9
THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
10
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
23
RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM
27
GENESIS OF THE WORLD SYSTEM
31
2. EVOLUTION OF THE ECONOMIC AGE
37
CLASSICAL ECONOMICS
39
MARXIAN ECONOMICS
51
NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
58
KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS
72
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
78
CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS
85
3. MECHANICS OF THE ECONOMIC AGE
93
THE ECONOMIC WORLDVIEW
93
THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT
98
DOMINANT FORCES IN SOCIETY
102
THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM
113
4. ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC AGE
119
STRENGTHS OF THE ECONOMIC AGE
120
SHORTCOMINGS OF THE ECONOMIC AGE
124
A BALANCE SHEET ON THE ECONOMIC AGE
130

PART II
THE AGE OF CULTURE

5. SIGNS OF A CULTURAL AGE
139
THE HOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION
140
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
143
THE ENCOUNTER WITH HUMAN NEEDS
146
THE QUEST FOR QUALITY OF LIFE
149
THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
151
THE NECESSITY OF IDENTITY
153
THE FOCUS ON CREATIVITY
155
CULTURE AS A CRUCIAL FORCE
156
6. FOUNDATIONS FOR A CULTURAL AGE
159
THE NATURE OF CULTURE
159
THE CHARACTER OF CULTURES
166
THE CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY
179
THE GREAT CULTURAL TRADITION
184
7. FUNCTIONING OF A CULTURAL AGE
191
A CULTURAL WORLDVIEW
191
DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE AND CULTURES
193
A CULTURAL MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT
195
KEY CULTURAL CONCERNS
200
A CULTURAL WORLD SYSTEM
207
8. PRIORITIES FOR A CULTURAL AGE
215
A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REALITY
215
FULFILLING HUMAN NEEDS
218
NEW MEANINGS OF WEALTH
221
A NEW CORPORATE IDEOLOGY
223
A NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM
226
A CULTURAL APPROACH TO CITIZENSHIP
230
A BREAKTHROUGH IN EDUCATION
232
LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES
234
A UNITED WORLD
237
9. FLOURISHING OF A CULTURAL AGE
241
A CULTURAL RENAISSANCE
242
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANKIND
245
WORLD CULTURE AND WORLD CULTURES
248
A GLOBAL FEDERATION OF WORLD CULTURES
255
EPILOGUE
259
BIBLIOGRAPHY
263
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