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Ariadne’s Thread

The Search for New Modes of Thinking

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Mary E. Clark

    1. San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction to the Labyrinth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    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
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    2. Energy and Exponentials

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 31-64

    3. The Economics of Spaceship Earth

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 65-97

    4. Our Environmental ‘Credit Card’ Account Becomes Due

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 98-127

  4. The Human Animal: ‘What is “Human Nature”?’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-130
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    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
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    2. From God to Man: Origins of the Western Worldview

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 245-272

    3. The Cult of Efficiency

      • Mark E. Clark
      Pages 273-302

    4. 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
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    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
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  • San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Mary E. Clark

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