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Book SynopsisMuch has been written about growing global disparities in wealth and resources, how global capitalism has adversely affected human populations and the environment, and the dangers that a unipolar world order poses to peace and global pluralism. After summarizing the evidence for these arguments, the authors develop two main themes: first, that there is a growing transformative peoples'' movement that challenges global capitalism and the imperial superpower; and, second, there is an extraordinary worldwide shift underway in human consciousness that accompanies practical global interdependencies and connectedness. The authors provide evidence for an emerging foundation of what philosopher Peter Singer describes as a ''one-world ethic,'' and they show how this ethic is closely connected with what is called the ''human rights revolution.'' They compare the western, liberal conception of freedom with conceptions of freedom found in the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre and Amartya Sen, and draw
Table of ContentsChapter 1 In Pursuit of Freedom Chapter 2 Private Goods, Collective Goods Chapter 3 The World's Table: Freedoms and Solidarities Chapter 4 Ejidosian Societies Chapter 5 Universalisms and Particularisms Chapter 6 The Undoing of Capital Chapter 7 Fair Economies Chapter 8 'Of the People, By the People, For the People' Chapter 9 A Better World is Necessary
