{"product_id":"the-coming-age-of-scarcity-preventing-mass-death-and-genocide-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780815627449","title":"The Coming Age of Scarcity: Preventing Mass Death and Genocide in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Dobkowski and Isidor Walliman have edited a book that, although ominous, is not a fatalistic look at the future. \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Age of Scarcity\u003c\/i\u003e lays out the perils of not recognizing the reality of genocide or of acknowledging the full implications of warfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShowing how scarcity and surplus populations can lead to disaster, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing Age of Scarcity\u003c\/i\u003e is about evil. It tells of \"ethnic cleansing\" and excavates the world's expanding killing fields. The writers in this volume are all too aware that the future suggests that present-day population growth, land resources, energy consumption, and per capita consumption cannot be sustained without leading to greater catastrophes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays in this volume ask: What is the solution in the face of mass death and genocide? As philosopher John K. Roth says in the Foreword, \"The essays can sensitize us against despair and indifference because history shows that human-made mass death and genocide are not inevitable, and no events related to them will ever be.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Dobkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.05w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815627449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael N. Dobkowski\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tarnished Dream: The Basis of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Anti-Semitism, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of lndifference: Documentary History of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolocaust Victims in America, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJewish American Voluntary Organizations.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsidor Wallimann\u003c\/b\u003e is senior lecturer in sociology at the School of Social Work, Basel, Switzerland, and a lecturer at the University of Fribourg. He is author of \u003ci\u003eEstrangrement: Marx's Conception of Human Nature and the Division\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Labor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183727489139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_30ccb74c-2ae7-4c9b-a40e-cd3096cb8282.jpg?v=1655559152","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-coming-age-of-scarcity-preventing-mass-death-and-genocide-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780815627449","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}