The great turning : from empire to Earth community / David C. Korten.
The threat of continued warfare to the future of humanity has become dire. The Great Turning explores that threat in detail and provides an equally detailed plan for meeting and overcoming it.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781576755396
- ISBN: 1887208070
- ISBN: 9781887208079
- ISBN: 1887208089
- ISBN: 9781887208086
- Physical Description: xi, 402 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler ; ©2006.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-379) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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- International cooperation.
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Human ecology.
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Economic history.
Human ecology.
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- Nonfiction.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | JZ 1318 .K67 2006 | 271647 | Stacks | Available | - |
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