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oapen-20.500.12657-329982021-11-09T07:55:28Z Revolution or Renaissance D. Schafer, Paul economics culture bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCA Economic theory & philosophy In <i>Revolution or Renaissance</i>, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world – economics and culture – to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous productive power; however, it is not capable of coming to grips with the problems threatening human and non-human life on this planet. After tracing the evolution of the economic age from the publication of Adam Smith's <i>The Wealth of Nations</i> in 1776 to the present, he turns his attention to culture, examining it both as a concept and as a reality. What emerges is a portrait of the world system of the future where culture is the central focus of development. According to Schafer, making the transition from an economic age to a cultural age is imperative if global harmony, environmental sustainability, economic viability, and human well-being are to be achieved. 2015-11-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:26:21Z 2020-04-01T14:26:21Z 2008 book 578811 OCN: 784291895 9780776617732 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32998 eng Governance Series application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 578811.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_578811 10.26530/OAPEN_578811 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776617732 320 open access
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In <i>Revolution or Renaissance</i>, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world – economics and culture – to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous productive power; however, it is not capable of coming to grips with the problems threatening human and non-human life on this planet. After tracing the evolution of the economic age from the publication of Adam Smith's <i>The Wealth of Nations</i> in 1776 to the present, he turns his attention to culture, examining it both as a concept and as a reality. What emerges is a portrait of the world system of the future where culture is the central focus of development. According to Schafer, making the transition from an economic age to a cultural age is imperative if global harmony, environmental sustainability, economic viability, and human well-being are to be achieved.
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