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The decline of civilization
Jahanbegloo, Ramin
The decline of civilization / Ramin Jahanbegloo - 1st ed. - New Delhi Aleph c2017 - xxxiii, 139 p. 18 cm.
Includes index
Human civilization has lasted for approximately fifty centuries despite being continually under threat because of its inclination towards fear and violence. Today, however, ‘the future of civilization seems bleak’, as Romila Thapar writes in her foreword. Why is this so? Is it because our present time is barbaric? Is the twenty-first century another Dark Age?In this new book, eminent philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo talks about this new crisis in civilization that has given rise to fundamentalist movements and authoritarian leaders like Donald Trump. He shows us that civilization is all about the relationship of human beings to one another.
9789384067267
Civilisation Philosophie; Civilization; Civilization History
306.0932 / JAH
The decline of civilization / Ramin Jahanbegloo - 1st ed. - New Delhi Aleph c2017 - xxxiii, 139 p. 18 cm.
Includes index
Human civilization has lasted for approximately fifty centuries despite being continually under threat because of its inclination towards fear and violence. Today, however, ‘the future of civilization seems bleak’, as Romila Thapar writes in her foreword. Why is this so? Is it because our present time is barbaric? Is the twenty-first century another Dark Age?In this new book, eminent philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo talks about this new crisis in civilization that has given rise to fundamentalist movements and authoritarian leaders like Donald Trump. He shows us that civilization is all about the relationship of human beings to one another.
9789384067267
Civilisation Philosophie; Civilization; Civilization History
306.0932 / JAH