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Global Systemic Crisis-bookcover

By: Egon Hein

Global Systemic Crisis

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Our world has transformed over recent decades with concerning trends that threaten to destabilize nation states, abolish society and culture, establish digital control over individuals, erase identity, and diminish what makes us human. While the economic crisis garners attention, today’s crisis encompasses much more – politics, civil society, science, philosophy, education, art, religion, traditional values, and other facets of life. This signals a systemic crisis of modern global capitalism.

This book surveys today’s pivotal trends, contrasting the dying old world with the emerging new one including their social systems, social sciences, and conceptions of humanity. Drawing on extensive research, it features interviews and lectures by prominent yet little-known thinkers, especially for English readers.

Of particular value, the work synthesizes insights from diverse domains – news, scientific and monographic articles, video lectures, films, and manga. The copious footnotes and bibliography constitute a significant portion of the text, providing sources for further investigation.

Overall, this book aims to furnish keys to analysing today’s interwoven crises, serving as a guidebook for comprehending the contemporary age holistically. It empowers readers to conduct their own inquiries into this crucial juncture that will shape the future.

Sure to intrigue even those less versed in the subject matter.

The author has studied philosophy and sociology, worked as a university lecturer and as a language teacher for international organisations.

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