The Nature Of Tomorrow: A History Environmental Future Michael Rawson Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance Marketing

An Examination Of How Western Visions Endless Future Growth Have Contributed To The Global Environmental Crisis \ This Book Does Something That Is Worth Doing And No Other Scholarly I Know Comes Close Doing: Tracing History Imagined Futures In World -William Meyer Colgate University For Centuries West Has Produced Stories About Which Humans Use Advanced Science Technology Transform Earth Michael Rawson Uses A Wide Range Works Include Francis Bacon\ S New Atlantis Fiction Novels Jules Verne Even Speculations Think Tanks Like Rand Corporation Reveal Paradox At Heart These Narratives: Single-Minded Expectation Unlimited On Finite Planet Shows Long Pervaded Dreams Helped Enable Unprecedentedly Abundant Technology-Driven Lifestyle Some While Bringing Threat Disaster All Adapting Ecological Realities He Argues Hinges Ability Create Tomorrow Decouple From Idea Progress Σελίδες: 248 Έτος Έκδοσης: 2022 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm