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Preface - PART I: Nature's Constraints: 'What are the Limits to
Growth?' - The Future: A Search for Values - Energy and
Exponentials - The Economics of Spaceship Earth - Our Environmental
Charge Account Comes Due - PART II: The Human Animal: 'What is
Human Nature?' - The Emergence of Human Nature - The Cultural
Spectrum - Religion and Worldviews - On Acquiring a Worldview -
PART III: Possessive Individualism: 'Whence Comes This Western
Worldview?' - From God to Man: Origins of the Western Worldview -
The Cult of Efficiency - Alienation - The Loss of the Sacred - PART
IV: New Modes of Thinking: 'Where Do We Begin?' - Rethinking
Economics - Defusing the Global Powder Keg - Politics: Worldviews
in Action - Nuclear 'Defence' - or Conflict Resolution? - Humankind
at the Crossroads - Notes - Index
Balancing the theories of cutting-edge neuroscience with the insights of primitive mythologies, Mary Clark provides down-to-earth suggestions for peacefully resolving global problems. Human Nature builds up a coherent, and above all positive, picture of who we really are.
This book is founded on the consensus that most of what passes for
liberal studies and general education is so out of touch with
today's world that it is simply beside the point. Not only does the
curriculum fail to address contemporary reality, but when it does,
it does so in such a fragmented form that little useful
understanding can be extracted. For example, one of the chief
inadequacies brought out by the text is the failure of current
disciplines to deal with the inherent "messiness" and complexity of
real world issues such as hunger, conflict, and pollution. As a
result of this, today's decision makers are unable to grasp the
underlying causes of our global crises, and instead catch at the
straws of technological or social "fixes." Starting with the
general consensus that something is seriously wrong, this book
seeks to identify the issues, provide insights on what can be done
and issue a few challenges as well. The 18 contributions and
editor's introduction included in this important volume are
organized around five sub-themes: Assumptions about the "Progress"
of Knowledge, A Critical Look at the Disciplines, The Value Content
of Education, Alternative Visions Not Currently Taught, and
Developing the New Curriculum. Within these themes the authors
tackle provocative issues such as unmasking the dangerous
limitations of hyperintelligence and exploring the place of the
East-West dialogue in moral curriculum and value orientation. This
collection encompasses some of the most dynamic thinking on the
subject of curricular change and will be of interest to educators
and students as well as all thinking people.
An analysis of the contemporary world and its future. The author begins by assessing whether there are limits to growth and if so, how we can change our attitude and prevent the destruction which seems inevitable.;The work should be of particular interest to Green Party goups, environmental groups, humanistic economics groups and liberal religious groups.
'An expansive work that seeks a multidisciplinary approach to
solving the pressing problems of today and the future.' -Allen
Weakland, Booklist
Human Nature offers a wide-ranging and holistic view of human nature from all perspectives: scientific, historical, and sociological. Mary Clark takes the most recent data from a dozen or more fields, and works it together with clarifying anecdotes and thought-provoking images to challenge conventional Western beliefs with hopeful new insights. Balancing the theories of cutting-edge neuroscience with the insights of primitive mythologies, Mary Clark provides down-to-earth suggestions for peacefully resolving global problems. Human Nature builds up a coherent, and above all positive, picture of who we really are.
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