Peter D. Beaulieu

A Generation Abandoned

Why 'Whatever' Is Not Enough

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Generation Abandoned explores the disruptive cultural events especially of the past half century as these have undermined the confidence of the young in themselves and in civil society, and finally in our place in the universe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780761869115
• ISBN-10: 0761869115
• Artikelnr.: 47973566

Autorenporträt

By Peter D. Beaulieu

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Are We Really Alone?
Chapter 2: The Packrat Factor Chapter 3: "Nevertheless, it Moves" Chapter
4: A "Tiny Whispering Sound" Chapter 5: The Missing Piece Chapter 6: Word
Games and Mind Traps Chapter 7: The Family Hearth Chapter 8: Toward a Human
Ecology Chapter 9: Darwin or Darwin-ism Chapter 10: Oppenheimer and the
Fireball Chapter 11: The Radiance of Fifty Thousand Suns Endnotes
Bibliography