{"product_id":"rethinking-the-world-9780595678686","title":"Rethinking the World","description":"The post-Marxian, new historical materialism described in this book breathes new life into our comprehension of the world. A 200-year perspective on modernity tells us that an all-embracing physical phenomenon holds humankind in its grip. \u003cp\u003eHistory has recorded two distinct global systems thus far: \"laissez faire\/metal money,\" which spanned most of the 19th century and lasted until the outbreak of World War I, and \"mixed economy\/weak multilateralism,\" which began after 1945 and exists today. The period between the two systems, 1914-1945, was a chaotic transition. This evolutionary pulsation is well known to students of thermodynamics. It corresponds to the behavior of expanding and complexifying material systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe exhaustion of oil and other natural resources is pushing the world toward a third global system that may be called \"two-level economy\/strong multilateralism.\" It will be impossible to get there without a new chaotic transition. No repeated warnings, academic advice, moral advocacy, inspired reforms, or political leadership can provide a shortcut around it. But if it took \"1914-1945\" to make a relatively minor adjustment in the global order, what will it take to make a major one?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Pogany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595678686\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44125855416435,"sku":"9.7806E+12","price":38.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d29f3da6-9259-4ffe-b3ba-6f6ad42ad8f8.jpg?v=1764767023","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rethinking-the-world-9780595678686","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}