Civilization--Modern--Criticism


102 books
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism

Ha-Joon Chang

Capitalism--Philosophy and theory Globalization--Economic aspects Economics--Systems and theories--Free enterprise Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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A new covenant with nature

notes on the end of civilization and the renewal of culture

Richard Heinberg

Nature and civilization Civilization--Modern--Criticism Peak-oil Human ecology Social change

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A people's history of civilization

John Zerzan

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Anarchism--History Technology and civilization

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As the world burns

50 simple things you can do to stay in denial; a graphic novel

Derrick Jensen & Stephanie McMillan

Graphic novels Comics and cartoons--Adult American fiction--Science fiction American fiction--Satire Environmental degradation Environmental protection--Moral and ethical aspects Economics--Natural resources Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Bhagavadgita and Contemporary Crisis

an introductory study in the form of fictional narratives

Kireet Joshi

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Bhagavad Gita--Criticism, interpretation, etc The Mother--Disciples' works

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Civilization

it's cause and cure

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Forecasting Civilization and primitive cultures

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Contemporary Crisis of Humanity and Search for its Solutions

KIreet Joshi

Evolution--Spiritual Sri Aurobindo--Criticism, interpretation Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Culturequake

the end of modern culture and the birth of a new world

Chuck Burr

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Nature--Effect of human beings on--Forecasting Climate--Social aspects Climate--Change Social change--Through natural and social disasters

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Der Papalagi

die Reden des Südseehäuptlings Tuiavii aus Tiavea

ill.v. Il-Young-Lee

German fiction--Social Pacific Islands natives Civilization--Modern--Criticism Culture and institutions

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Die ökologische Chance

das Ende der Vorsehung - Natur als Politik

Carl Amery

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Environmental protection--Moral and ethical aspects Human ecology--Philosophy Christianity and socioeconomic problems Nature and civilization Marxism (Economics)

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Earth democracy

justice, sustainability, and peace

Vandana Shiva

Ethics--Social justice Sustainable development Environmental justice Natural resources--Conservation (Economy) Economics--Land--Collective ownership (Commons) Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Eine Billion Dollar

Andreas Eschbach

German fiction--Science fiction End of the world--Fiction Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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El choque de los fundamentalismos

cruzadas, yihads y modernidad

Tariq Alí; trad. del inglés por María Corniero

Islamic fundamentalism Civilization--Modern--Criticism United States--Foreign relations--Islam World history--21st century

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Empire of knowledge

culture and plurality in the global economy

Vinay Lal

Globalization--Political aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism Sociology of Knowledge Social history

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Endgame

Zivilisation als Problem

Derrick Jensen; a.d.Amerik.v. Marion Schweizer u. Thomas Pfeiffer

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through personal action Ecology--Human activity Civilization--Philosophy Nature--Effect of human beings on Anarchist primitivism Social change--Through disruption

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Endgame

Das Öko-Manifest: wie nur 50 Menschen das System zu Fall bringen und unsere Welt retten können

Derrick Jensen; a.d.Amerik.v. Thomas Pfeiffer u. Marion Schweizer

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through personal action Social change--Through disruption Ecology--Human activity Civilization--Philosophy Nature--Effect of human beings on Anarchist primitivism

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Energy and equity

Ivan Illich

Technology and civilization Civilization--Modern--Criticism Transportation--History Transportation--Social aspects Energy policy

ENG
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Extinction dialogs

how to live with death in mind

Carolyn Baker & Guy McPherson

Spiritual life--Guides End of the world Climate--Change Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Extinction (Biology) Death--Preparation Death--Spiritual aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism Life and death Global warming

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Fatu-Hiva

back to nature

Thor Heyerdahl

Travel--Oceans--Pacific Travel--Polynesia Survival--Islands Simple life Civilization--Modern--Criticism Marquesas Islands

ENG
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Faunenschnitt

Fakten zum Klimawandel & Gedanken zum baldigen Aussterben der Menschheit

Carolyn Baker & Guy McPherson

Spiritual life--Guides End of the world Climate--Change Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Extinction (Biology) Death--Preparation Death--Spiritual aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism Life and death Global warming

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Féerie générale

Roman

Emmanuelle Pireyre

French fiction--Social Civilization--Modern--Criticism Awards--Prix Médicis

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Fortschritt ohne Maß?

eine Ortsbestimmung der wissenschaftlich-technischen Zivilisation

hrsg.v. Reinhard Löw, Peter Koslowski, Philipp Kreuzer

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Technology and civilization Technology--Social aspects Progress--Criticism

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Further studies in a dying culture

Christopher Caudwell

Civilization--Modern--Criticism History--Marxist view Economics--Systems and theories--Marxism Civilization--Philosophy Civilization--Psychological aspects

ENG
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Gesamtausgabe

Gesellschaftstheorie

Erich Fromm; hrsg.v. Rainer Funk

Psychoanalytic system--Fromm Philosophy--German--20th century Sociology Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Hard travel to sacred places

Rudolph Wurlitzer

Travel--South East Asia Grief (Psychology)--Personal narratives Spiritual sites Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Il vizio oscuro dell'occidente

manifesto dell'antimodernità

Massimo Fini

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Anarchist primitivism Terrorism--Government policy Anti-modernism

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In the absence of the sacred

the failure of technology and the survival of the Indian nations

Jerry Mander

Technology--Spiritual aspects Technology--Social aspects Culture and institutions--Technology Civilization--Modern--Criticism Natives of North America

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In the shadow of to-morrow

a diagnosis of the spiritual distemper of our time

by J. Huizinga; transl. from the Dutch by J. H. Huizinga

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social processes--Normative methods--Customs and belief Social change

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Ishmael

The Story of B: an Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

Daniel Quinn

American fiction--Philosophical Humankind--Nature and place in the Universe Human nature Civilization--Modern--Criticism Christianity and socioeconomic problems

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Ishmael

an adventure of the mind and spirit

a novel by Daniel Quinn

American fiction--Philosophical Civilization--Modern--Criticism Civilization and primitive cultures

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Ismael

Ismaels Erben: die Lehren des "B"

Daniel Quinn; a.d.Amerikan.übers.v. Jürgen Hornschuh

American fiction--Philosophical Humankind--Nature and place in the Universe Human nature Civilization--Modern--Criticism Christianity and socioeconomic problems American fiction--Translated into German

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King of the castle

choice and responsibility in the modern World

Gai Eaton

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Humankind--Nature and place in the Universe Philosophy and religion

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Kritik der zynischen Vernunft

Peter Sloterdijk

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Reason Philosophy--German--20th century

GER
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Kritik der zynischen Vernunft

Peter Sloterdijk

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Reason Philosophy--German--20th century

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L'ingratitude

conversation sur notre temps

Alain Finkielkraut

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Philosophy--French--20th century

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La composition des mondes

entretiens

Philippe Descola; avec Pierre Charbonnier

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Anthropology--Cultural and social Interviews

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La défaite de la pensée

Alain Finkielkraut

French essays Civilization--Modern--Criticism Culture and institutions

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La grâce de l'histoire

Le troisième cercle

Philippe Grasset

Civilization--Modern--History Civilization--Philosophy Civilization--Modern--Criticism World history--Modernity (1776-today)

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La grande implosion

rapport sur l'effondrement de l'Occident 1999-2002

Pierre Thuillier

Sociology Futurology Civilization--Modern--Criticism Civilization--Western Scientism Materialism (Philosophy) Urbanization--Social aspects

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La guerre du faux

Umberto Eco; trad. de l'italien p. Myriam Tanant

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Italian essays--Translated into French

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La voie

pour l'avenir de l'humanité

Edgar Morin

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Forecasting Social change--Through social innovation

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Le choc des intégrismes

croisades,djihads et modernité

Tariq Ali; trad. de l'anglais p. Sylvette Gleize

Islamic fundamentalism Civilization--Modern--Criticism United States--Foreign relations--Islam World history--21st century

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Le plus grand défi de l'histoire de l'humanité

face à la catastrophe écologique et sociale

Aurélien Barrau

Social change--Through dissent / Paradigm shift Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Les barbares

essai sur la mutation

Alessandro Baricco; trad. de l'italien p. Françoise Brun et Vincent Raynaud

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through deterioration and decay

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Los bárbaros

ensayo sobre la mutación

Alessandro Baricco; trad. de Xavier González Rovira

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through deterioration and decay

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Lukanga Mukara

Voyage d'étude dans les profondeurs de l'allemagne

Hans Paasche; trad. et prés. p. Julien Fortin

German fiction--Social German fiction--Translated into French Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Mach was !?

ausgesuchte Einsichten und eingeschränkte Aussichten

von Jürgen Hornschuh

Civilization and primitive cultures Civilization--Modern--Criticism Extinction (Biology) Futurology Social change--Through natural and social disasters Climate--Social aspects Auroville authors Books published under Creative Commons

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Man and crisis

José Ortega y Gasset; transl. from the Spanish by Mildred Adams

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Philosophy--Spanish

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Mégamachine

raison techno scientifique, raison économique et mythe du progrès

Serge Latouche

Sociology--Science and technology Globalization--Social aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through cultural exchange (Acculturation)

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My name is Chellis & I'm in recovery from Western civilization

Chellis Glendinning

Nature--Psychological aspects Civilization--Modern--Psychological aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism Human ecology--Psychological aspects Deep ecology Ecopsychology

ENG
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One dimensional man

Herbert Marcuse

Philosophy--Modern Western Social processes--Coordination and control Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Opposing the system

Charles A. Reich

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Protest movements Social change--Through social innovation

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Pandora's seed

why the hunter-gatherer holds the key to our survival

Spencer Wells

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Primitive and non-literate cultures Nature--Effect of human beings on Human ecology--Philosophy Agriculture--Environmental aspects

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Phœnix

a summary of the inescapable conditions of world reorganisation

Phoenix

H. G. Wells

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through social innovation

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Questions and Meditations

Divakar

End of the world Integral Yoga Auroville authors Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through dissent / Paradigm shift

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Questions et méditations

Divakar

End of the world Integral Yoga Auroville authors Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through dissent / Paradigm shift

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Radikaler Wandel

Anleitung zur praktischen Untergrabung der Maschine

von Keith Farnish; ins Dt.übertr.v. Jürgen Hornschuh

Social change--Through disruption Social change--Through personal action Civilization--Modern--Criticism Political ecology Books published under Creative Commons

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Rat für die Ratlosen

vom sinnerfüllten Leben

E. F. Schumacherö dt.v. Karl A. Klewer & Robert A. Russell

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Human beings--Effect of technological innovations on Meaning (Philosophy) Humankind--Nature and place in the Universe

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Sand talk

how indigenous thinking can save the world

Tyson Yunkaporta

Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs Indigenous peoples--Tools Civilization and primitive cultures Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through cultural exchange (Acculturation)

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Seven men of vision

an appreciation

by Elizabeth Jennings

Poetry--History and criticism Poetry--20th century Civilization--Modern--Criticism Yeats, William Butler (Irish poet, 1865-1939) Pasternak, Boris Leonidowitsch (1890-1960) Lawrence, David Herbert (Engl. writer, 1885-1930) Durrell, Lawrence George (1912-1990) Perse, Saint-John (Poet, 1887-1975) Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (1900-1944) Jones, David (Engl. painter & poet, 1895-1974)

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Star's Reach

a novel of the deindustrial future

John Michael Greer

American fiction--Science fiction American fiction--Travel Post-apocalyptic world--Fiction Alien encounters--Fiction Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Star's Reach

Roman aus dem de-industrialisierten Zeitalter

von John Michael Greer; a.d.Amerikan.übers.v. Jürgen Hornschuh

American fiction--Science fiction--Translated into German American fiction--Travel Post-apocalyptic world--Fiction Alien encounters--Fiction Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Stay, illusion!

the Hamlet doctrine

Simon Critchley & Jamieson Webster

Shakespeare, William (Engl. playwright, 1564-1616) Hamlet (Drama) Influence (Psychology) English drama--History and criticism Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Techno-Fix

why technology won't save us or the environment

Michael Huesemann & Joyce Huesemann

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Technology and civilization Technology--Risk assessment Technology--Philosophy and theory Technology--Moral and ethical aspects

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Technological slavery

the collected writings of Theodore J. Kaczynski, a.k.a. "The Unabomber"

introd. by Dr. David Skrbina

Technology and civilization Bomb disposal Anti-modernism Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through disruption Luddism

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The blinded eye

500 years of Christopher Columbus

by Ziauddin Sardar, Ashis Nandy, Merryl Wyn Davies & Claude Alvares

Discoveries in geography / Exploration Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506) Civilization--Modern--Criticism Colonization--History and criticism

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The clash of fundamentalisms

crusades, jihads and modernity

Tariq Ali

Islamic fundamentalism Civilization--Modern--Criticism United States--Foreign relations--Islam World history--21st century

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The condition of postmodernity

an enquiry into the origins of cultural change

David Harvey

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Capitalism Space and time Postmodernism

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The conscience of a radical

by Scott Nearing

Simple life Social change Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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The ecotechnic future

envisioning a post-peak world

John Michael Greer

Social change--Forecasting Civilization--Modern--Criticism Human ecology--Philosophy Social change--Through deterioration and decay Economic forecasting

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The essential Chomsky

Noam Chomsky; ed. by Anthony Arnove

American essays Linguistics--Philosophy and theory Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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The human situation

lectures at Santa Barbara, 1959

Aldous Huxley; ed. by Piero Ferrucci

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Human action and experience

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The last hours of ancient sunlight

waking up to personal and global transformation

Thom Hartmann

Human ecology Environmental protection Tribes--Social life and customs Civilization and primitive cultures Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through dissent / Paradigm shift

ENG
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The Lewis Mumford reader

ed. by Donald L. Miller

Technology and civilization Cities and towns Civilization--Modern--Criticism Technology--Social aspects

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The myth of the machine

Technics and human development

by Lewis Mumford

Technology and civilization Technology--Philosophy and theory Social change--Through science and technology Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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The nature of the non-Western world

Vera Micheles Dean; w.the collab. of Harry J. Benda, Warren S. Hunsberger, Vernon McKay

Civilization--Modern--Criticism World history--19th century World history--20th century

ENG
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The need for roots

prelude to a declaration of duties towards mankind

by Simone Weil; w. a pref. by T. S. Eliot

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Philosophy--French--20th century Work--Spritual aspects Ethics--Based on social factors Social ethics Social psychology Social processes--Normative methods--Customs and belief

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The nutmeg's curse

parables for a planet in crisis

Amitav Ghosh

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Biosphere Environmental degradation Social problems and services--Environmental issues Ecocide

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The Outlook for Homo Sapiens

an unemotional statement of the things that are happening to him now, and of the immediate possibilities confronting him

H. G. Wells

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through social innovation

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The philosophy of Albert Schweitzer

by Henry Clark; w. two essays by Albert Schweitzer

Philosophy--German--20th century Civilization--Modern--Criticism Schweitzer, Albert (1875-1965)

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The philosophy of civilization

The decay and the restoration of civilization

by Albert Schweitzer; transl. by C. T. Campion

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Philosophy and religion Ethics--Based on respect for life Civilization--Philosophy

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The philosophy of civilization

Civilization and ethics

by Albert Schweitzer

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Civilization--Philosophy Ethics--Based on respect for life Philosophy and religion

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The Plato papers

a prophecy

Peter Ackroyd

English fiction--Philosophical Civilization--Modern--Criticism English fiction--Science fiction

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The reconstruction of humanity

by Pitrim A. Sorokin

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Social change--Through social innovation Ethics--Based on altruism

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The reign of quantity and the signs of the times

by René Guénon; transl. by Lord Northbourne

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Materialism (Philosophy) Philosophy--French--20th century Philosophy--History

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The rivers north of the future

the testament of Ivan Illich

as told to David Cayley

Philosophy--Modern Western Interviews Illich, Ivan (Austrian philos., 1926-2002) Christianity--Philosophy and theory Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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The sane society

by Erich Fromm

Psychoanalytic system--Fromm Psychoanalysis and culture Civilization--Modern--Criticism Socialism

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The source of civilization

by Gerald Heard

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Civilization--Modern--Psychological aspects Social change--Through social innovation Social change--Through dissent / Paradigm shift Peace and conflict studies Religion and social problems Social psychology

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The transformations of man

Lewis Mumford

Human beings--Effect of technological innovations on Civilization--History Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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The world until yesterday

what can we learn from traditional societies?

Jared Diamond

Dani (New Guinean people)--Social life and customs Social evolution Social change--Case studies Primitive and non-literate cultures Civilization--Modern--Criticism Civilization--Comparative Indonesia--Social life and customs--New Guinea

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Thought to exist in the wild

& other essays

Derrick Jensen

American essays Civilization--Modern--Criticism Environmental protection--Moral and ethical aspects Social change--Through disruption Human ecology--Philosophy

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Time's up!

an uncivilized solution to a global crisis

Keith Farnish

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Survival

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Towards a Unitive Life

Shyam Balakrishnan

Ethics--Based on respect for life Human unity Spiritual life--Non-duality Individual and society Economics--Social aspects Capitalism--Social aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism Globalization--Social aspects Localization Interviews

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Underminers

a guide to subverting the machine

Keith Farnish

Social change--Through disruption Social change--Through personal action Civilization--Modern--Criticism Political ecology

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Unto this last / The political economy of art / Essays on political economy

John Ruskin; introd. by John Bryson

English essays Arts--Philosophy and theory Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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Vie sauvage

roman

Philip Rohr

Swiss fiction--French Swiss fiction--Social Civilization--Modern--Criticism Consumerism

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Vivre et mourir dans la matrice artificielle

l'appel de la résistance

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Spiritual life--Guides

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Was wird aus der Hoffnung?

interdisziplinäre Denkanstöße für neue Formen des Miteinanders; für Reimer Gronemeyer zum 80. Geburtstag

Michaela Fink; Jonas Metzger; Anne Zulauf (Hg.); m. Beitr.v. Jörn Ahrens, Marianne Gronemeyer, Jürgen Hornschuh [et al.]

Civilization--Modern--Criticism Hope--Social aspects Resilience (Personality trait) Festschrift Gronemeyer, Reimer (German theol., sociol. 1939-) Social change

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Wer wir waren

Zukunftsrede

Roger Willemsen

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects Technology and civilization Progress--Criticism Civilization--Modern--Criticism Human ecology Speeches German essays

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Wir sind ein Teil der Erde

die Rede des Häuptlings Seattle an den Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im Jahre 1855

Speeches Civilization--Modern--Criticism Natives of North America--Philosophy Land tenure--North America

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அறிவியல் வளர்ச்சி மற்றும் வன்முறை

Ariviyal Valarchi matrum vanmurai

கிளாட் ஆல்வாரஸ்; தமிழில் ஆயிஷா இரா நடராஜன்

Modernity and tradition Civilization--Modern--Criticism Science--Social aspects Economic development--Social aspects Structural violence Progress--Criticism Culture and institutions--Economic institutions

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நவீனகாலத்தில் மனிதன் உயிர் தப்பிப் பிழைத்திருக்க முடியுமா?

Naveenakaalaththil Manitgan Uyirthappi Pizhaithirukka Mudiyumaa?

எட்வர்டு கோல்ட்ஸ்மித், கிருஷ்ண சைதன்யா

Civilization--Modern--Criticism

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