Understanding Humanity’s Damaged Future
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6990044 |
|---|---|
| Autores | William R Catton (Washington State University, autor de correspondencia), Jr William R Catton |
| Año | 2009 |
| Volumen | 79 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 509-522 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2009.00306.x |
| OpenAlex | W2142624232 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 3 |
The notion that social facts can be caused only by other social facts is obsolete. Human societies today are affected by biogeochemical change. “Developed” human societies so overuse the finite planet they share with “underdeveloped” societies that the future of all is threatened.Medicine’s prosthesis concept becomes useful for sociology when extended beyond referring to devices for replacing lost body parts or restoring impaired sensory powers. If we regard all modern tools and machines as prosthetic devices, we see them enabling humans to act as giants—giving us colossal resource appetites and huge environmental impacts.Prosthetic apparatus (and familiar assumptions) previously useful are subject to obsolescence. But there is cultural lag. Conceptual habits restrict the way we see our world. The bubble of twentieth century experience obstructs our understanding of the future into which we giants are plummeting. To explain severe hardships ahead in the twenty‐first century, sociologists need to break out of our discipline’s traditional conceptual bubble. Twentieth century expectations have become misleading. The basis of past progress (a carrying capacity surplus) is gone, replaced by a carrying capacity deficit. Earth’s diminished carrying capacity will sustain fewer (dinosaur‐equivalent) Homo colossus than original Homo sapiens
Business · Environmental ethics · Homo sapiens · Humanity · Obsolescence · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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| Citas por año | 0,06 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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