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The Future of Humanity seeks to answer the question: "What kind of global civilization should human beings pursue and what do we have to do collectively?," one a question that has preoccupied scholars, philosophers and politicians for centuries. In doing so, the book tackles concepts as monumental as the keys to happiness, alien nonconventional intelligence, immortality, morality and China's possible role in bringing about a better worldjoining this global discussion. To navigate these many and complex topics, Jin combines the spiritual insights of ancient Chinese thinkers with a deep respect for the accomplishments and discoveries of modern Western science, exploring and explaining her distinct vision for a what a better, global future civilization could be.

This book is the analysis of the civilizational and historical context of the development of the Great Modern Revolutions; their relations to modernity, to the civilization of modernity, and to the development of multiple modernities; and the fate of revolutionary symbolism and dynamics in modern regimes, in the continually changing civilization of modernity, its dynamics and tribulations

Though today best remembered as a science fiction writer, H.G. Wells was a keen observer of social and geopolitical trends who mined his era's headlines as fodder for his creative work. The writer was deeply shaken by the destruction and death wrought by World War I, and in this volume of passionate essays and observations, Wells lays out his suggestions for avoiding global conflict in the future

1. THE CONCEPT OF CRISIS: THE LAW OF DELAYED DYSFUNCTION AND THE RULE OF REDUNDANT VARIETY2. ANTHROPOGENIC CRISES: THE LAW OF TECHNO-HUMANITARIAN BALANCE; 3. GROWTH AND LIMITATION OF VARIETY: THE LAW OF HIERARCHICAL COMPENSATIONS; 4. THE SPECIFICITY OF MODERN CRISIS: "KNOWLEDGE-ENABLED DESTRUCTION"; 5. COSMIC PERSPECTIVES OF INTELLIGENCE AND UNIVERSAL NATURAL SELECTION; 6. SNOOKS-PANOV VERTICAL; 7. VIABILITY AND THE WORLDVIEW PARADIGMS: IDEOLOGY VS. CIVILIZATION?; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: HUMAN NATURE AND COLLECTIVE WISDOM IN AN AGE OF CRISIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; OVERPOPULATION

Profound and prophetic for its insights into the impact of capitalism and urbanization, Everyday Life in the Modern World remains a classic work by a towering thinker and essential reading today. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Claire Revol and Rob Shields.

This book examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world orders from a cross-cultural perspective. Seeking to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions as "civilization," "order," and "world order," it takes into account political, economic, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of social life.