| Description |
xxii, 216 p. : ports. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii) and index. |
| Note |
"The interviews in this book were originally published as a series in the Christian Science monitor"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Katherine Fanning -- Introduction : Toward a new agenda -- Part One. Attempting the impossible : Mortimer Adler : Philosopher of practical wisdom - Sissela Bok : Grappling with principles - Shuichi Kato : Encouraging compassion - Michael K. Hooker : Metaphysics and meaningfulness -- Part Two. Reasonable discourse : Norman Cousins : Creating institutions - Barbara W. Tuchman : An age of disruption - Paul Johnson : Classical values for modern times - Hanna H. Gray : Demography as destiny - Amitai Etzioni : Seeking the center -- Part Three : A search for balance : Marina Whitman : Ringside at the economy - Douglas Fraser : Paying the piper - Robert S. McNamara : Traditional values, high-leverage issues |
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Part Four : Global science, global visions : Abdus Salam : Closing the great divide - Freeman Dyson : Colonizing the universe - Theodore J. Gordon : Better mousetrapping, better ideas - David Packard : Common problems, common sense -- Part Five : A world made of grace : Lloyd Richards : Fitting it all together - Andrei Voznesensky : Needing the unexpectable - Carlos Fuentes : The Gruyere cheese of progress -- Part Six. Admirable models : Olusegun Obasanjo : Waking the slumbering giant - Jimmy Carter : Meaningful alternatives - Richard von Weizsacker : Preserving nature -- Part Seven. An Agenda for the 21st century. |
| Subject |
Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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| Indexed Term |
World Social conditions Forecasts - Texts |
| Added Author |
Kidder, Rushworth M.
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| Added Title |
Agenda for the twenty-first century.
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| ISBN |
0262111284 |
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9780262111287 |
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