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Ariadne’s Thread

The Search for New Modes of Thinking

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Introduction to the Labyrinth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Future: A Search for Values

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 3-27
  3. Nature’s Constraints: ‘What are the Limits to Growth?’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-30
    2. Energy and Exponentials

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 31-64
    3. The Economics of Spaceship Earth

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 65-97
  4. The Human Animal: ‘What is “Human Nature”?’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-130
    2. The Emergence of Human Nature

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 131-155
    3. The Cultural Spectrum

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 156-181
    4. Religions and Worldviews

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 182-212
    5. On Acquiring a Worldview

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 213-242
  5. Possessive Individualism: ‘Whence Comes Our Western Worldview?’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-244
    2. The Cult of Efficiency

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 273-302
    3. Alienation: the Loss of the Sacred

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 303-329
  6. New Modes of Thinking: ‘Where Do We Begin?’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-332
    2. Rethinking Economics

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 333-364
    3. Defusing the Global Powder Keg

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 365-400
    4. Politics: Worldviews in Action

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 401-435

Authors and Affiliations

  • San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Mary E. Clark

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