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The Biosphere and Noosphere Reader - Global Environment, Society and Change (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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The Biosphere and Noosphere Reader - Global Environment, Society and Change (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and
biosphere. Drawing on classical influences, modern parallels, and
insights into the future, the Reader traces the emergence of
noosphere and biosphere concepts within the concept of
environmental change. Reproducing material from seminla works, both
past and present, key ideas and writings of prominent thinkers are
presented, including Bergson, Vernadsky, Lovelock, Russell,
Needham, Huxley, Medawar, Toynbee and Boulding, and extensive
introductory pieces bu the editors drawattention to common themes
and competing ideas. Focussing on issues of origins, theories,
parallels and potential, the discussions place issues in a broad
context, compare and contrast central concepts with those of the
Gaia hypothesis, sustainability and global change, and examine the
potential application of noospheric ideas to current debates about
culture, education and technology in such realms as the Internet,
space exploration, and the emergence of super-consciousness.
Literally the sphere of mind or intellect', the noosphere is aprt
of the realm of the possible' in human affairs, where there is a
conscious effort to tackle global issues
The noosphere concept captures a number of key contemporary issues
- social evolution, global ecology, Gaia, deep ecology and global
environmental change - contributing to ongoing debates concerning
the implications of emerging technologies.
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