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Author / Creator:	Egmond, Klaas van, 1946- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 246 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Civilization, Western. Values. Human ecology. Sustainable development. Civilization, Western. Human ecology. Sustainable development. Values.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13453183

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ISBN:	9781137382702 1137382708 9781349480104
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	"Western civilization has entered a new fundamental crisis that can be explained by a very one-sided orientation of social values based on materialism and egocentrism, which is disrupting the delicate balance between the opposing forces of 'mind' and 'matter', and of 'I' and 'the others'. Many sources - from the great works of philosophy, religion, art and culture to social surveys and the course of history - qualify sustainability as the dynamic equilibrium between fundamental opposing forces. This insight and the ethical ability to better discriminate between stabilizing and destabilizing forces would allow further justification of human rights and new institutional arrangements in society at large and, in particular, in politics, economy and finance. It would enable a sustainable civilization to flourish within the boundaries of freedom and human dignity"--
Other form:	Print version: Egmond, Klaas van, 1946- Sustainable civilization. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 9781137382696

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