The Future of Human Civilization, Volume 1

Baofu, Peter

ISBN 10: 0773479457 ISBN 13: 9780773479456

Published by Edwin Mellen Press, 1999

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1999 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings/wear & sunning on the cover/clean & unmarked text. 396 p. Seller Inventory # ABE-1644167740573

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Drawing on a background in philosophy and the social sciences, Baofu argues that science undermines not only the values of premodern society, as most everyone agrees, but also modern and now postmodern values and beliefs, including those of science itself. Taking civilization to mean western technology and its society, but strongly considering its adoption in non-western parts of the world, he predicts that the undermining he sees, when carried to its logical conclusion, will yield a post-human consciousness after postmodernity. The pivot, he says, will be when people realize that humans are nothing special. His account manages to fill two volumes by being double spaced. The table of content indicates that they are numbered consecutively and indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Title: The Future of Human Civilization, Volume 1
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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