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Scott Nearing. Civilization and Beyond
Civilization and Beyond
Table of Contents
PART I The Pageant of Experiments with Civilization 1. Experiments in Egypt and Eurasia 2. Rome's Outstanding Experiment 3. The Origins of Western Civilization 4. The Life Cycle of Western Civilization 5. Features Common to Civilizations. PART II A Social Analysis of Civilization 6. The Politics of Civilization 7. The Economics of Civilization 8. The Sociology of Civilization 9. Ideologies of Civilization. PART III Civilization Is Becoming Obsolete 10. World-wide Revolution Disrupts Civilization 11. Western Civilization Attempts Suicide 12. Talking Peace and Waging War. PART IV Steps Beyond Civilization 13. Ten Building Blocks for a New World 14. Moving Toward World Federation 15. Integrating a World Economy 16. Conserving our Natural Environment 17. Re-vamping the Social Life of the Planet 18. Man Could Change Human Nature 19. Man Could Break Out of the Age-Long Prison-House of Civilization and Enter a New World. PREFACE
LEARNING FROM HISTORY
INTRODUCTION
THOUGHTS ABOUT HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER ONE
EXPERIMENTS IN EGYPT AND EURASIA
CHAPTER TWO
ROME'S OUTSTANDING EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER THREE
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER FOUR
THE LIFE CYCLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER FIVE
FEATURES COMMON TO CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER SIX
THE POLITICS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE ECONOMICS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE SOCIOLOGY OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER NINE
IDEOLOGIES OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER TEN
WORLDWIDE REVOLUTION DISRUPTS CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER ELEVEN
WESTERN CIVILIZATION ATTEMPTS SUICIDE (1914–1945)
CHAPTER TWELVE
TALKING PEACE AND WAGING WAR
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
TEN BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A NEW WORLD
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
MOVING TOWARD WORLD FEDERATION
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
INTEGRATING A WORLD ECONOMY
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CONSERVING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
REVAMPING THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PLANET
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
MAN COULD CHANGE HUMAN NATURE
CHAPTER NINETEEN
MAN COULD BREAK OUT OF THE AGE-LONG PRISON HOUSE OF CIVILIZATION AND ENTER A NEW WORLD
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Scott Nearing
Learning from History
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Nature offered humankind two logical areas for the establishment of civilizations. One was the cross-roads of migration, trade and travel by land to and from Asia, Africa and Europe. The other was the Mediterranean with its possibility of relatively safe and easy water-migration, trade and travel between the three continents making up its littoral. Both possibilities were brought together in the Eastern Mediterranean with its multitude of islands, its broken coastline, and its many safe harbors.
The Phoenicians developed their far-flung trading activities around the Mediterranean as a waterway, and the tri-continental crossroads as a logical center for a civilization built around business enterprise.
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