The Empathic Civilization The Race to Global

One of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day ("Utne Reader"), the bestselling author of "The European Dream" delivers his boldest work yet in this erudite, tough-minded, and far-reaching manifesto.

One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program and an adviser to several European Union heads of state, he is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, Maryland.

Introduction	p. 1
The Hidden Paradox of Human History	p. 5
Homo Empathicus
The New View of Human Nature	p. 47
A Sentient Interpretation of Biological Evolution	p. 82
Becoming Human	p. 105
Rethinking the Meaning of the Human Journey	p. 137
Empathy And Civilization
The Ancient Theological Brain and Patriarchal Economy	p. 181
Cosmopolitan Rome and the Rise of Urban Christianity	p. 224
The Soft Industrial Revolution of the Late Medieval Era and the Birth of Humanism	p. 256
Ideological Thinking in a Modern Market Economy	p. 315
Psychological Consciousness in a Postmodern Existential World	p. 365
The Age Of Empathy
The Climb to Global Peak Empathy	p. 423
The Planetary Entropic Abyss	p. 476
The Emerging Era of Distributed Capitalism	p. 512
The Theatrical Self in an Improvisational Society	p. 554
Biosphere Consciousness in a Climax Economy	p. 593
Notes	p. 617
Bibliography	p. 643
Index	p. 657
About the Author	p. 675
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The Empathic Civilization The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

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