Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History

CIVILIZATION AND BEYOND

PART I The Pageant of Experiments with Civilization 1. Experiments in Egypt and Eurasia 2. Rome's Outstanding Experiment 3. The Origins of Western Civilization 4. The Life Cycle of Western Civilization 5. Features Common to Civilizations - PART II A Social Analysis of Civilization 6. The Politics of Civilization 7. The Economics of Civilization 8. The Sociology of Civilization 9. Ideologies of Civilization - PART III Civilization Is Becoming Obsolete 10. World-wide Revolution Disrupts Civilization 11. Western Civilization Attempts Suicide 12. Talking Peace and Waging War - PART IV Steps Beyond Civilization 13. Ten Building Blocks for a New World 14. Moving Toward World Federation 15. Integrating a World Economy 16. Conserving our Natural Environment 17. Re-vamping the Social Life of the Planet 18. Man Could Change Human Nature 19. Man Could Break Out of the Age-Long Prison-House of Civilization and Enter a New World - PREFACE - LEARNING FROM HISTORY

INTRODUCTION - THOUGHTS ABOUT HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER ONE - EXPERIMENTS IN EGYPT AND EURASIA

CHAPTER TWO - ROME'S OUTSTANDING EXPERIMENT

CHAPTER THREE - THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS

CHAPTER FOUR - THE LIFE CYCLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER FIVE - FEATURES COMMON TO CIVILIZATIONS

CHAPTER SIX - THE POLITICS OF CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER SEVEN - THE ECONOMICS OF CIVILIZATION