The great turning : from empire to Earth community /

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David Korten?s classic bestseller When Corporations Rule the World was one of the first books to articulate the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy. In The Great Turning he argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely one manifestation of what he calls?Empire?...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Korten, David C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Francisco, CA : Bloomfield, CT : Berrett-Koehler ; Kumarian Press, ©2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:BK currents book.
Subjects:
International cooperation.
Sustainable development.
Social ethics.
Humanistic ethics.
Social justice.
Cooperation.
Human ecology.
Economic history.
International Cooperation
Social Justice
Coopération internationale.
Développement durable.
Morale sociale.
Morale humaniste.
Justice sociale.
Coopération.
Écologie humaine.
Histoire économique.
sustainable development.
human ecology.
social ethics.
cooperation.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Menschheit
Sozialer Wandel
Politischer Wandel
Internationale samenwerking.
Sociale rechtvaardigheid.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: In search of the possible
  • Part I. Choosing our future : The choice
  • The possibility
  • The imperative
  • The opportunity
  • Part II. Sorrows of empire : When God was a woman
  • Ancient empire
  • Modern empire
  • Athenian experiment
  • Part III. America, the unfinished project : Inauspicious beginning
  • People power rebellion
  • Empire's victory
  • Struggle for justice
  • Wake up call
  • Prisons of the mind
  • Part IV. The great turning : Beyond strict father versus aging clock
  • Creation's epic journey
  • Joys of earth community
  • Stories for a new era
  • Part V. Birthing earth community : Leading from below
  • Building a political majority
  • Liberating creative potential
  • Change the story, change the future.

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