The end of the western civilization?: the intellectual journey of humanity to adulthood : on the ontogenesis of the Western thought from the axial age to postmodernism ... and beyond ...
Civilizations can be perceived as living human beings that are born, mature, age, and ultimately die and disappear, passing their legacy to the future generations. These transitions may be projected to the different stages of cognitive development of children. The Western Civilization, which embodie...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Civilizations can be perceived as living human beings that are born, mature, age, and ultimately die and disappear, passing their legacy to the future generations. These transitions may be projected to the different stages of cognitive development of children. The Western Civilization, which embodies our current state of cultural advancement from the Classic Greek to the modern period, can be paralleled by the gradual transitions of human beings toward adulthood. From this perspective, the ancient Greek era resembles the toddler years of humanity at which the first ?why?-type questions are being asked. The theocratic period that followed until the Renaissance can be seen as our childhood, when people lived their lives under the tight boundaries set by religious authorities. The period spanning from the Enlightenment until almost the end of the 20th century can be considered as our teenage years when people rediscover their past, are liberated from superstition, and set the path forward based on reason by a manner at which the distinction between plausible and feasible is vague. Within this scheme, postmodernism also finds its place in our teenhood. The last few decades, from this perspective, signify our entrance to adulthood at which major questions are considered answered, or at least settled, and the only path forward perceived as feasible is the one that is followed already, a state that is bringing us closer to our intellectual aging and its inevitable death. Some signs of aging-related pathologies are already manifested in today?s technology-intensive society. By identifying our intellectual age and by appreciating our health status, we may be able to proactively delay or even avert our intellectual aging and death |
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Chapter 4 Teenage Years and the Enlightenment 43 The Intellectual Leap Forward 43 Song Dynasty and Why China did not Industrialize 500 Years Before the West 49 The Teenage Years 52 Postmodernism 54 Chapter 5 Adulthood 57 Realism and Feasibility 57 When did We Become Adults? 62 Political Inquiry 65 Technological Progress and Intellectual Interrogation 67 Globalization, Financial Sustainability, and Environmental Concerns 69 Chapter 6 Inherent Problems of our Adulthood 73 Reason, Adulthood, and Postmodernism 73 Dehumanization 76 The Crossroads of Aging 79 Chapter 7 The Future 81 Forecasting the Biological Future of Humans 81 Forecasting the Future 88 Accepting the Future 94 Crafting the Future 96 Bibliography 101 Index 107
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Table of Contents List of Figures and Table Instead of Introduction v vii Chapter 1 The Ontogeny of the Western Civilization 1 Civilizations 1 The Ontogeny of our Intellectual History: An Outline 5 The Decline of the West 9 Theocracy in the West and Theocratic Civilizations Physical Transition to Adulthood, Niche Construction and Sustainability 10 10 A Scheme for an Eastern Ontogeny 11 Chapter 2 Axial Age and the Toddler Years 15 Presocratic Philosophy 15 Sophists 20 Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 21 Hellenistic Philosophy 24 The Period of Naivety 25 Toddlerhood 27 Chapter 3 Childhood and Theocracy 31 Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages 31 Intellectual Developments, Crises, and Prosperity 34 Childhood 37 Punishments and Rewards 39
Chapter 4 Teenage Years and the Enlightenment 43 The Intellectual Leap Forward 43 Song Dynasty and Why China did not Industrialize 500 Years Before the West 49 The Teenage Years 52 Postmodernism 54 Chapter 5 Adulthood 57 Realism and Feasibility 57 When did We Become Adults? 62 Political Inquiry 65 Technological Progress and Intellectual Interrogation 67 Globalization, Financial Sustainability, and Environmental Concerns 69 Chapter 6 Inherent Problems of our Adulthood 73 Reason, Adulthood, and Postmodernism 73 Dehumanization 76 The Crossroads of Aging 79 Chapter 7 The Future 81 Forecasting the Biological Future of Humans 81 Forecasting the Future 88 Accepting the Future 94 Crafting the Future 96 Bibliography 101 Index 107 |
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