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One Hundred Pages for the Future - Reflections of the President of the Club of Rome
von: A. Peccei
Elsevier Reference Monographs, 2014
ISBN: 9781483298696 , 209 Seiten
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: DRM
Preis: 54,95 EUR
Front Cover
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One Hundred Pages for the Future: Reflections of the President of the Club of Rome
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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Foreword
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Preface to the U.S. edition
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PART I: THE ASCENT AND DECLINE OF HUMANKIND
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Chapter 1. The Future is No Longer What It Used To Be
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The Future in the Past
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The Future in the Present
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The End of Self-Regulating Mechanisms
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Facing the Future Alone
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One Future for All
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Chapter 2. Masterpiece, or Freak, of Nature?
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Eras of a Billion Years
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Barely a Million Years of Human Life
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The Hundred Centuries That Count
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The Age of the Great Revolutions
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The Cancerous Growth of Population
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Doubts About Ourselves
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Chapter 3. The Syndromes of Decline
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From Euphoria to Confusion
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Ten Factors of Decline
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Human Masses Adrift
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The Devastation of Nature
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The Insane Concept of Security
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The Ambiguity and Ambivalence of Science
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Economic Traps and Delusions
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Humanity Crucified
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The Roots of Our Downfall
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PART II: THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATHS TO RENAISSANCE
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Chapter 4. The Decisive Decade
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The Club of Rome Opens the Debate
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Last Chance for Humankind
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Global Policies and Strategies
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Two Political Imperatives
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Chapter 5. The Great Hidden Resource
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Learning to Create the Future
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The Pure Source of Youth
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The Human Revolution
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