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Tag: Culture

  • The Culture of an Ecologically Sustainable Civilization

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    As we have argued in a previous article (Transforming Culture), cultural transformation is essential to the realization of an ecologically sustainable civilization. Here we consider some of the major realms in which cultural transformation is needed. Visually, these might best be considered as sectors of a circle, each representing a spectrum of related ideas and…

  • Transforming Culture

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     “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” – Audre Lorde   So long as capitalism dominates, there is no escaping its unrelenting assault on rational and humane cultural values and practices, most prominently today in the form of the consumerism purveyed in every media by commercial advertising.    Even worse is the pervasive example…