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Global Meltdown

Graham Lyons, Evonne Moore, Joseph Wayne Smith
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      The modern world is, in the authors' view, undergoing the process of meltdown—global meltdown. Having argued in an earlier book that humankind is headed for an environmental catastrophe that will either eliminate the human species or greatly reduce our numbers, the authors now focus on the breakdown of organized social order that will occur when the ecological crisis happens. Believing that civilization as we know it will not last, even without a definitive environmental cataclysm, they explore here the social, political, and philosophical ramifications of this vision.After outlining the interaction of the forces of environmental destruction, economic rationalism, and technological revolution, this book shows their impact on social problems such as immigration, racial and ethnic conflict, and the loss of personal, spiritual, and religious meaning. In the first chapter, the authors consider the effects of these social conflicts in both the non-Western and the Western world, concluding that the global meltdown theory is supported by the worldwide rise of terrorism. Chapter 2 discusses the technological and ecological forces they believe will led to a new world disorder. The work then goes on to use Australia as a case study illustrating the collision of population and environment. In the concluding chapter, the authors support their thesis further with a review of the literature on the subject.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Graham Lyons, Evonne Moore, Joseph Wayne Smith EAN: 9780275956004 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-30 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Political science and theory, Political economy, Applied ecology, Social impact of environmental issues

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      JOSEPH WAYNE SMITH is Senior Research Fellow at The Unversity of Adelaide, Australia.GRAHAM LYONS is a leading South Australian businessman, agriculturist, and environmentalist. He coauthored Healing a Wounded World: Economics, Ecology, and Health for a Sustainable Life (Praeger) with Joseph Wayne Smith in 1997.EVONNE MOORE is a research assistant at The University of Adelaide.
      The modern world is, in the authors' view, undergoing the process of meltdown—global meltdown. Having argued in an earlier book that humankind is headed for an environmental catastrophe that will either eliminate the human species or greatly reduce our numbers, the authors now focus on the breakdown of organized social order that will occur when the ecological crisis happens. Believing that civilization as we know it will not last, even without a definitive environmental cataclysm, they explore here the social, political, and philosophical ramifications of this vision.After outlining the interaction of the forces of environmental destruction, economic rationalism, and technological revolution, this book shows their impact on social problems such as immigration, racial and ethnic conflict, and the loss of personal, spiritual, and religious meaning. In the first chapter, the authors consider the effects of these social conflicts in both the non-Western and the Western world, concluding that the global meltdown theory is supported by the worldwide rise of terrorism. Chapter 2 discusses the technological and ecological forces they believe will led to a new world disorder. The work then goes on to use Australia as a case study illustrating the collision of population and environment. In the concluding chapter, the authors support their thesis further with a review of the literature on the subject.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Graham Lyons, Evonne Moore, Joseph Wayne Smith EAN: 9780275956004 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-30 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Political science and theory, Political economy, Applied ecology, Social impact of environmental issues

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      JOSEPH WAYNE SMITH is Senior Research Fellow at The Unversity of Adelaide, Australia.GRAHAM LYONS is a leading South Australian businessman, agriculturist, and environmentalist. He coauthored Healing a Wounded World: Economics, Ecology, and Health for a Sustainable Life (Praeger) with Joseph Wayne Smith in 1997.EVONNE MOORE is a research assistant at The University of Adelaide.

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