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- catalog abstract ""Stephen Erickson argues that we are entering into a new historical moment, a period which will only be properly defined and named by those who come after us, as were the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Erickson predicts a failure and eventual breakdown of traditional values and institutions resulting in a dramatic change in our understanding of human life. This he illustrates with clear examples from contemporary political, economic and religious circumstances. To lessen the impact of this dramatic changeover, which will be initially experienced as upheaval and global anxiety, Erickson argues that we must do all we can to come into this new era, which he has called The Age of Thresholding, with a better understanding of our past and present. Only then can the message our future holds be properly received and understood."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11591357.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Stephen Erickson argues that we are entering into a new historical moment, a period which will only be properly defined and named by those who come after us, as were the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Erickson predicts a failure and eventual breakdown of traditional values and institutions resulting in a dramatic change in our understanding of human life. This he illustrates with clear examples from contemporary political, economic and religious circumstances. To lessen the impact of this dramatic changeover, which will be initially experienced as upheaval and global anxiety, Erickson argues that we must do all we can to come into this new era, which he has called The Age of Thresholding, with a better understanding of our past and present.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Retroduction -- Power, Law, and the Accumulated Present -- Democracy, Disillusion, and Thresholding -- No Longer, Not Yet -- Philosophy and Meditation -- The Space of Love and Garbage -- Symptoms of the Future: Living in the Threshold.".
- catalog description "Only then can the message our future holds be properly received and understood."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "x, 299 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0792359380 (hb : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Philosophical studies in contemporary culture ; v. 6".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- catalog subject "101/.12 21".
- catalog subject "B804 .E65 1999".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern Forecasting.".
- catalog subject "Twenty-first century Forecasts.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Retroduction -- Power, Law, and the Accumulated Present -- Democracy, Disillusion, and Thresholding -- No Longer, Not Yet -- Philosophy and Meditation -- The Space of Love and Garbage -- Symptoms of the Future: Living in the Threshold.".
- catalog title "The (coming) age of thresholding / by Stephen A. Erickson.".
- catalog type "Forecasts. fast".
- catalog type "text".