CIVILIZATION CRITICAL: ENERGY, FOOD, NATURE, AND THE FUTURE
Book ID/图书代码： 11450219C00001
English Summary/英文概要： The modern world is wondrous. Its factories produce ten thousand cars every hour and ten trillion transistors every second. We carry supercomputers in our pockets, and nearly a million people are in the air at any time. In Civilization Critical, Darrin Qualman takes readers on a tour of the wonders of the 21st century.
But the great strength of our modern word is also its great weakness. Our immense powers to turn resources and nature into products and waste imperil our future. And plans to double and redouble the size of the global economy veto sustainability.
So, is our civilization doomed? No. Doom is a choice. We can make different choices.
Qualman demonstrates that a 19th- and 20th-century transition to linear systems and away from the circular patterns of nature (and of all previous civilizations) is the foundational error--the underlying problem, the root cause of climate change, resource depletion, ocean’s full of plastics, and a host of mega-problems now intensifying and merging, with potentially civilization-cracking results. In this sweeping work, Qualman reinterprets and re-explains the problems we face today, and charts a clear, hopeful path into the future.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 现代世界非常奇妙。工厂们每小时能生产一万辆汽车，每秒生产十万亿晶体管。我们的口袋里装着超级计算机，随时都有近百万人乘坐飞机。在《文明批判》一书中，达林•奎尔曼带领读者领略了21世纪的各种奇观。
但是我们现代世界的强大之处同时也是它的巨大弱点。我们把资源和自然变成产品和废物的巨大力量已经危及了我们的未来。而且，将全球经济规模不断翻倍再翻倍的计划也阻碍了可持续发展。
那么，我们的文明注定要灭亡吗？不。厄运只是一种选择，而我们可以做出不同的选择。
奎尔曼表明19世纪和20世纪向线性系统的过度以及远离大自然的循环模式（和所有之前的文明）是最根本的错误，也是气候变化、资源枯竭、海洋被塑料填埋的潜在问题和终极原因，具有破坏文明的潜力。在这本包罗万象的著作中，奎尔曼重新诠释了我们今天面临的问题，并描绘了一条通向未来的清晰而充满希望的道路。(XMM)
Awards/获奖情况：什么亚马逊雨林在萎缩，而亚马逊网站却在快速增长？在达林•奎尔曼的这本杰作中你会找到答案。他带领我们沿着能源、材料和生命世界的历史进行了一段有趣的旅程，最后呼吁我们进行文明转型。——沃尔夫冈•萨克斯，《发展字典》和《行星辩证法》的作者
对我们所有人都在的失控列车进行了深思熟虑的详尽分析。任何担心前方道路的人都应该读一读。而那些不担心的人应该多读一遍——罗纳德•赖特，《进步简史》的作者
对于每一个决心创造一个更加公正的社会，植根于系统思维并打算为我们的孩子们带来希望的人来说，这是一本必读之作。——《温尼伯自由报》
Why is the Amazon rainforest shrinking, while Amazon.com is growing rapidly? You will find that and other answers in this masterful book by Darrin Qualman, who takes us for a intriguing ride along the history of energy, materials and the living world, ending with a call for the transformation of our civilization.
--Wolfgang Sachs, author of The Development Dictionary, and Planet Dialectics
A thoughtful and thoroughly documented analysis of the runaway train we are all aboard. Anyone worried about the track ahead should read it. Those not worried should read it more than once.
--Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress
Mandatory reading for everyone who is determined to create a society that is more just, rooted in systems thinking and upholds hope for our children.
--Winnipeg Free Press
About the Author/作者介绍： 达林•奎尔曼一位文明评论家。他还和家人一起在加拿大萨斯喀彻温省务农，并在加拿大全国农民联盟担任了多年的研究主任。Darrin Qualman is a civilizational critic. He also farmed with his family in Saskatchewan, Canada, and for many years he served as director of research for Canada’s National Farmers Union.
Format:
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无