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The Four Phases of Society - Where Are We Going in the 21st Century? (Hardcover)
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The Four Phases of Society - Where Are We Going in the 21st Century? (Hardcover)
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Today Capitalism is generally accepted as the only viable
socioeconomic system in spite of the stress, moral decay, drug
abuse, and crime it fosters. Peeters shows that, before entering
the present Materialistic Phase, Western society went through two
other phases, the Religious and the Militaristic-Nationalistic
Phase. He argues that current social problems arose because the
behavior of most people was no longer determined by the laws of
Church and State, but instead by the need to be productive and the
desire to acquire money and material goods. Peeters shows that
Materialism is, however, not the ultimate stage of development of
society. A comparison of the three phases and Communism-a rival
form of materialistic Phase-shows that Western society is going to
enter a Fourth Phase, which Peeters asserts will occur around 2050.
Peeters sets out to discover which prominent traits of today's ways
of living and acting will be rejected during the transition toward
the Fourth Phase and which new characteristics will emerge. The
educational system, democracy, the goals of production and income
inequality will all have to change when people adapt their aims to
the requirements of the Post-Materialistic Phase. The challenge of
the forces that now rule people's lives and the rejection of
materialism will ultimately recreate a healthy, balanced society.
Scholars and researchers in Future Studies as well as concerned
citizens will find this a provacative analysis of today's problems
and their possible resolution.
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