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The Virtue of Prosperity

Autor Dinesh D'Souza
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2001
In The Virtue of Prosperity, Dinesh D'Souza examines the spiritual and social crisis spawned by the new economy and new technologies of the last ten years. D'Souza questions the basic premise of the American dream that prosperity and "progress" will better the human condition. Anchored in history, rich in anecdote, and supported by state-of-the-art data, The Virtue of Prosperity is a tough-minded critique of our high-tech culture, with a surprising prescription for doing well and doing good.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780684868158
ISBN-10: 0684868156
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 141 x 217 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:01000
Editura: Free Press

Notă biografică

DINESH DSOUZA has had a prominent career as a writer, scholar, public intellectual, and filmmaker. Born in India, DSouza came to the U.S. as an exchange student at the age of 17 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College. The author of many bestselling books includingAmerica,The Big Lie,Death of a Nation, andUnited States of Socialism, he is also the creator of three of the top ten highest-grossing political documentaries ever made.

Descriere

By the controversial social critic and author of "Illiberal Education" comes a big-hearted book that revels the pursuit of wealth through capitalism as morally edifying.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION: GEEK CHIC: Anthropologist in a Strange Land

CHAPTER ONE: A WORLD WITHOUT LIMITS

What's New About the New Economy

CHAPTER TWO: THE GATHERING STORM

Mass Affluence and Its Discontents

CHAPTER THREE: CREATED UNEQUAL

Merit and the Ones Left Behind

CHAPTER FOUR: THE LOTTERY OF SUCCESS

Who Wins, Who Loses

CHAPTER FIVE: EYE OF THE NEEDLE

The Moral Critique of Prosperity

CHAPTER SIX: THE WORLD WE HAVE LOST

Goodbye Nature, Family, and Community?

CHAPTER SEVEN: A FUTURE THAT WORKS

Why Techno-Capitalism Prevailed

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CONQUEST OF HUMAN NATURE

Technology and the Remaking of Humanity

CHAPTER NINE: THE SEDUCTION

The Quest for the Posthuman

CHAPTER TEN: THE GIFT

The Things That Matter the Most

NOTES

INDEX