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The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
by Korten, David C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1887208070
- ISBN 13
- 9781887208079
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Bloomfield, CT / San Francisco, CA: Kamarian Press / Berrett - Koehler Publications, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. There's an ownership signature on the fronbt endf paper,else a clean and solid copy. xi, 399 pages, indexed. "Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting there In The Great Turning, David Korten argues that "Empire," the organization of society through hierarchy and violence has always resulted in misery for the many and fortune for the few, but now it threatens the very future of humanity as Empire has become unsustainable and destructive. Korten traces the roots of Empire and charts the evolution of its instruments of control, from absolute monarchies to the multinational institutions of the global economy. He describes efforts to develop democratic alternatives to Empire, such as the founding of the United States and shows how elitists with an imperial agenda have undermined the "American experiment." (Publisher'sblurb) Empire is not inevitable, and we can turn away from it. Korten draws on evidence from evolutionary theory, developmental psychology, and religious teachings to show that a life-centered, egalitarian, sustainable, democratic "Earth Community" is possible.
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018340
- Title
- The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
- Author
- Korten, David C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1887208070
- ISBN 13
- 9781887208079
- Publisher
- Kamarian Press / Berrett - Koehler Publications
- Place of Publication
- Bloomfield, CT / San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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