1st Edition
Sustainable Development as a Civilizational Revolution A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Challenges of the 21st Century
By Artur Pawlowski
Copyright 2011
240 Pages
by
CRC Press
240 Pages
by
CRC Press
240 Pages
by
CRC Press
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As a concept, sustainable development is in conflict with traditional development based upon economic growth. Sustainable development is an attempt to formulate a programme that integrates different aspects (ecological, social, and economical) which were usually considered as separate from each other. Sustainable Development as a Civilizational Revolution. A Multidisciplinary Approach to... Read more
About the Author
Introduction
The evolution of the idea of sustainable development in history
European perspective
Theoretical basis for sustainable development
The notion of sustainable development
Hierarchy of planes
The principles of sustainable development
Indicators of sustainable development
Philosophy, religion and environmental education
Eco-philosophy and the ethical plane of sustainable development
Religion and sustainable development
Ethics in practice: Ecological attitude and education
A new research field: A philosophical audit
Level II of sustainable development: Ecological, social, and economic considerations
Ecological plane
Social plane
Economic plane
Level III of sustainable development: Technical, legal and political considerations
Technical plane
Legal plane
Political plane
Integration of planes, the phenomenon of globalization and the Sustainable Development Revolution
Overlapping of sustainable development planes
The challenges of globalization
Breakthroughs in human history
Sustainable development as a civilizational revolution
Conclusions
References
Index
Biography
Artur Pawlowski
"Sustainable Development as a Civilizational Revolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Challenges of the 21st Century is a bold concept…The author suggests creating the vision of the sustainable future, and working backwards to get there. For those interested in different aspects of the sustainable development history and concept, this book would be worthwhile."
—The Professional Geologist, 2014
