Commanding hope : the power we have to renew a world in peril
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Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020.
ISBN
9780307363169, 0307363163
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451 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020.
Format
Book
Street Date
202008
Language
English
ISBN
9780307363169, 0307363163
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"Calling on history, cutting-edge research, complexity science and even Lord of the Rings, Homer-Dixon lays out the tools we can command to rescue a world on the brink. For three decades, the renowned author of The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization, and The Ingenuity Gap: Can We Solve the Problems of the Future?, has examined the threats to our future security--predicting a deteriorating global environment, extreme economic stresses, mass migrations, social instability and wide political violence if humankind continued on its current course. He was called The Doom Meister, but we now see how prescient he was. Today just about everything we've known and relied on (our natural environment, economy, societies, cultures and institutions) is changing dramatically--too often for the worse. Without radical new approaches, our planet will become unrecognizable as well as poorer, more violent, more authoritarian. In his fascinating long-awaited new book (dedicated to his young children), he calls on his extraordinary knowledge of complexity science, of how societies work and can evolve, and of our capacity to handle threats, to show that we can shift human civilization onto a decisively new path if we mobilize our minds, spirits, imaginations and collective values. Commanding Hope marshals a fascinating, accessible argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to affect urgent systemic change, strengthen our economies and cultures, and renew our hope in a positive future for everyone on Earth."--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Homer-Dixon, T. F. (2020). Commanding hope: the power we have to renew a world in peril . Alfred A. Knopf Canada.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Homer-Dixon, Thomas F.. 2020. Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril. Alfred A. Knopf Canada.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Homer-Dixon, Thomas F.. Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Homer-Dixon, Thomas F.. Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020.
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