The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

by Jeremy Rifkin

Book Overview

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

Never has the world seemed so completely united-in the form of communication, commerce, and culture-and so savagely torn apart-in the form of war, financial meltdown, global warming, and even the migration of diseases.

No matter how much we put our minds to the task...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585427659
• ISBN13: 9781585427659
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher