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9780688171919

Promise Ahead

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  • ISBN13:

    9780688171919

  • ISBN10:

    0688171915

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-04-13
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

When Duane Elgin's classic bestseller, Voluntary Simplicity, was published in 1981, it transformed the lives of thousands and was hailed as the "bible" of the simplicity movement by the Wall Street Journal.  Now, for anyone seeking to navigate today's profoundly changing world, Promise Ahead is the powerful sequel to a road map for securing a promising future.

Author Biography

Duane Elgin is He holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton Business School and an M.A. in economic history from the University of Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
Vicki Robin
Is Humanity Growing Up?
1(14)
Adversity Trends: Hitting an Evolutionary Wall
15(28)
A New Perceptual Paradigm: We Live in a Living Universe
43(28)
Choosing a New Lifeway: Voluntary Simplicity
71(24)
Communicating Our Way into a Promising Future
95(18)
Reconciliation and the Transformation of Human Relations
113(16)
Evolutionary Crash or Evolutionary Bounce: Adversity Meets Opportunity
129(25)
Humanity's Central Project: Becoming Doubly Wise Humans
154(25)
Engaged Reflection in the Turning Zone
179(22)
Acknowledgments 201(2)
References 203(16)
Index 219

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