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CIVILIZATION AND BEYOND
Learning From History
By Scott Nearing
This book is not copyrighted. It may be reproduced by anybody and
distributed in any quantity as a whole. It should not be summarized,
abbreviated, garbled or chopped into out-of-context fragments.
Social Science Institute, Harborside, Maine
August 1975
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
INTRODUCTION: Thoughts about History and Civilization
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
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