Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness

Elgin, Duane

ISBN 10: 0688116213 / ISBN 13: 9780688116217

Published by William Morrow & Co, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688116213
• ISBN 13: 9780688116217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Balances science with spirituality in a study of human evolution, from the appearance of reflective consciousness to modern communications, and proposes three additional stages to be realized

About the Author

Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, and consultant. He is the author of Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life that is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (Morrow, 1981; revised 1993), and Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness (Morrow, 1993). He co-authored (with Joseph Campbell and others) the book Changing Images of Man (Pergamon, 1982). He is also the author of two major reports that were distributed at the 1997 State of the World Forum: Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm, and Collective Consciousness and Cultural Healing. Duane was formerly a senior social scientist at SRI International where he co-authored numerous studies on the long-range future. Prior to SRI, Duane worked as a senior staff member for a joint Presidential-Congressional Commission on the American Future. During the 1980s, Duane founded and directed the non-partisan and non-profit organization, Choosing Our Future that worked to revitalize citizen participation through the development of electronic town meetings. Duane has an M.B.A. from the Wharton Business School and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.