TY - BOOK AU - Jahanbegloo, Ramin TI - The decline of civilization SN - 9789384067267 U1 - 306.0932 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Aleph KW - Civilisation Philosophie; Civilization; Civilization History N1 - index N2 - 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 ER -