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Part I: Karl Polanyi’s Vision and Beyond.- Chapter 1. Karl Polanyi’s Vision: Free Market Capitalism and the Transformation of the World – Polanyi’s Vision and Its Shortcomings.- Chapter 2. Beyond Polanyi.- Part II: The Economic Transformation to High Technology Industrial Capitalism.- Chapter 3. The Economic Transformation to High Technology Industrial Capitalism.- Chapter 4. The Rapid but Uneven Transition to High Technology Industrial Capitalism.- Chapter 5. Polanyi Again: the Effect of the Market on Human Social Interactions.- Part III: the Social and Cultural Transformations of the 21st Century.- Chapter 6. Global Culture vs. Tribal Identity.- Chapter 7. Women’s Liberation in Historical Perspective.- Chapter 8. Some Unintended Effects of Women’s Liberation.- Chapter 9. Gay Liberation in Socio-historical Perspective.- Chapter 10. Gay Liberation and World Religions.- Chapter 11. Gay Liberation and New Definitions of Gender.- Chapter 12. The Remarkable Case of Greece: Ancient, Byzantine Christianity and Modern.- Part IV: Science and Secular Humanism as the New Global Zeitgeist.- Chapter 13. The History of the Rational-scientific Worldview.- Chapter 14. Science and Religion in the Modern World.- Chapter 15. Science and Humanistic Ethics.- Chapter 16. Emile Durkheim’s Theory of Social Change and Anomie: the Impact of the Social and Cultural Changes on the Emerging Global Society.- Part V: The Political Transformation to Electoral Democracy and Legal-rational Authority.- Chapter 17. The Third Wave of Democracy.- Chapter 18. The New Wave of Dictatorship Begins to Displace the Third Ave of Democracy.- Chapter 19. Max Weber’s Theory of the Transition From Traditional Authority to Legal-rational Authority, With Charismatic Leadership as a Bridge Between Them.- Part VI: Technological Change Beyond Our Imagination and It’s Sociological Impact.- Chapter 20. The Technological Change and Its Sociological Impact.- Part VII: Our Place in the Universe.- Chapter 21. The Universe and Our Place in It.- Chapter 22. Can Humanistic Ethics Predominate on the Big Blue Marble?.

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      Publisher: Springer
      Publication Date: 24/06/2025
      ISBN13: 9783031905650, 978-3031905650
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      Part I: Karl Polanyi’s Vision and Beyond.- Chapter 1. Karl Polanyi’s Vision: Free Market Capitalism and the Transformation of the World – Polanyi’s Vision and Its Shortcomings.- Chapter 2. Beyond Polanyi.- Part II: The Economic Transformation to High Technology Industrial Capitalism.- Chapter 3. The Economic Transformation to High Technology Industrial Capitalism.- Chapter 4. The Rapid but Uneven Transition to High Technology Industrial Capitalism.- Chapter 5. Polanyi Again: the Effect of the Market on Human Social Interactions.- Part III: the Social and Cultural Transformations of the 21st Century.- Chapter 6. Global Culture vs. Tribal Identity.- Chapter 7. Women’s Liberation in Historical Perspective.- Chapter 8. Some Unintended Effects of Women’s Liberation.- Chapter 9. Gay Liberation in Socio-historical Perspective.- Chapter 10. Gay Liberation and World Religions.- Chapter 11. Gay Liberation and New Definitions of Gender.- Chapter 12. The Remarkable Case of Greece: Ancient, Byzantine Christianity and Modern.- Part IV: Science and Secular Humanism as the New Global Zeitgeist.- Chapter 13. The History of the Rational-scientific Worldview.- Chapter 14. Science and Religion in the Modern World.- Chapter 15. Science and Humanistic Ethics.- Chapter 16. Emile Durkheim’s Theory of Social Change and Anomie: the Impact of the Social and Cultural Changes on the Emerging Global Society.- Part V: The Political Transformation to Electoral Democracy and Legal-rational Authority.- Chapter 17. The Third Wave of Democracy.- Chapter 18. The New Wave of Dictatorship Begins to Displace the Third Ave of Democracy.- Chapter 19. Max Weber’s Theory of the Transition From Traditional Authority to Legal-rational Authority, With Charismatic Leadership as a Bridge Between Them.- Part VI: Technological Change Beyond Our Imagination and It’s Sociological Impact.- Chapter 20. The Technological Change and Its Sociological Impact.- Part VII: Our Place in the Universe.- Chapter 21. The Universe and Our Place in It.- Chapter 22. Can Humanistic Ethics Predominate on the Big Blue Marble?.

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