The Entangled Civilization: Democracy, Equality and Freedom at a Loss - Hardcover

Kitahara, Michio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1871871239 ISBN 13: 9781871871234

Publisher: Open Gate Press, 1995

Synopsis

Why are democracy, equality and freedom currently in such turmoil? Kitahara discusses the confusion and pessimism in Western civilization today. The author presents his theory of civilization and suggests how the enormous problems within Western civilization can be addressed by pursuing the original basis of Western civilization-individualism. The three key values of democracy, equality and freedom are then re-interpreted from the perspective of individualism, and possibilities for dealing with the problems of Western civilization are suggested. Contents: PART I: PROBLEMS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION; Western Civilization in Confusion; Democracy; Equality; Freedom; Ideology, Bureaucracy, and Technology; Culture and Biology; Culture and the Individual; PART II: A THEORY OF CIVILIZATION; The Self in the Life Space; The Manipulatory Drive; Identification and Variation; The Conditions for Civilization; The Maintenance of Civilization; The Failure of Civilization; PART III: REFLECTIONS ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION; The Contradictions; Individualism and Democracy; Individualism and Equality; Individualism and Freedom; Epilogue.

About this title

About the Author

Michio Kitahara is Director of the Nordenfeldt Institute in Sweden.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Gate Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1871871239
• ISBN 13: 9781871871234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380