Publisher's Synopsis
This book applies insights of the emerging "sciences of complexity" to the problems faced by humanity as the 21st century approaches. Demonstrating that society faces a "bifurcation", the book applies new scientific concepts to spheres of life: economic systems, political systems, culture and environment.;"The Age of Bifurcaton" gives readers an overview of what is likely to await them in the near future. The volume includes a model of constructive and holistic thinking for shaping a new age and concludes with suggestions for changing the crisis-bound path of civilization in order to create a stable, humanistic world of the future.
