Diederik Aerts

A World In Transition: Humankind and Nature: The Green Book of "Einstein Meets Magritte" - Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society Diederik Aerts 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Description for Sales People: Title is also available as part of a set: The Evolution of Complexity (978-0-7923-5765-0) Table of Contents: A Critique of the Competitiveness Imperative and Current Globalisation; R. Petrella. Barriers of Human Evolution; B. Szanto. Altered States of Society: A Tentative Approach; D. Spivak. Social Space: from Freedom to Freedom of Movement; D. Aerts. Hunger Strikes: The Dramaturgy of Starvation Politics; K. M. Landzelius. Complex Evolution and Fundamental Emergent Transformations. Supra-human Institutions and the Human Condition; F. F. Robb. Stability, Turbulence, Chaos? Systems, Analogies and Metaphors, and Change in Contemporary World Politics; C. Mesjasz. Confronting Health Transition Complexity; M. B. Marques. Non-natural, Cultural Universals Exist; P. L. Peterson. Communication: the Key to Understanding the Very Nature of Life', Death' and the Force Driving Evolution; A. De Loof. Ecological Transformation and Responsibility Inquiries. Science and Environmental Law. The Perspectives of Truth Pluralism; S. Gutwirth. Strength and Weakness SWOT Analysis of Humankind to Overcome Global Ecological Challenges; W. Weyns. And You, My Mountain Will You Never Walk Towards Me? J. Fennema. Humankind and Nature; P. Fu-Yang. The Economic-Ecological and Socio-Technical Equilibria. Rural Development Knowledge: Indigenous, Necessary, Appropriate; F. D. O'Reilly. The Predicament of Ecological-Economic Valuation and the need for Linkage through an Institutional Framework; H. Thomas, R. Mark. The Post-Industrial Society: What Future are we Preparing? R. Petrella. Scarcity versus Fertility Two Ways of Thinking about Economy; J. Rosicka."Publisher Marketing: Of major concern, in this era of transformation, is the extensive and profound interaction of humankind with nature. The global-scale social and technological projects of humankind involve a myriad of changes of the ecosphere. Starting with the call for an interdisciplinary synthesis and respect of plurality, acknowledging the evolving scientific truth, this book develops the need for an integrated but inevitably provisional worldview.