Philippe De Seynes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1018804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippe De Seynes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippe |
| FAMILY NAME | De Seynes |
| SIGNATURE | DE SEYNES P |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Science and technology in global perspective
The ‘futures’ debate in the United Nations
In recent years the future of mankind has become the object of intense and lively controversy which has led to the construction of a number of ‘scenarios of the unacceptable’ and the proposition of various strategies for avoiding them. Of all the reports produced, Limits to Growth has had the widest circulation, notably contributing to the consolidation of the ‘futures movement’ by its dramatic emphasis on the perils threatening the ‘carrying cap…
Prospects for a Future Whole World
The notion of the “world as a whole” is becoming increasingly prominent in the thinking and pronouncements of international prog-nosticators. Yet “globalism”, its functional expression, is a relatively new approach in the United Nations. In fact, it has hardly arrived. This statement is not paradoxical or even surprising. Globalism is not the same thing as internationalism as we have known it up to the present. There is more involved here than a …
El problema demográfico mundial
Tenemos que volver a ocuparnos del problema de la población. A mi entender, esta Asamblea todavía no lo ha estudiado con todo el vigor que la importancia del tema requiere. Es difícil llegar a un consenso respecto de un programa intensificado de estudio y de acción que esté a la altura del problema y corresponda a su complejidad. Las dificultades con que se tropezó el año último, a raíz mismo de una conferencia que había tenido una amplitud sin p…
Prospects for a Future Whole World
The notion of the “world as a whole” is becoming increasingly prominent in the thinking and pronouncements of international prog-nosticators. Yet “globalism”, its functional expression, is a relatively new approach in the United Nations. In fact, it has hardly arrived. This statement is not paradoxical or even surprising. Globalism is not the same thing as internationalism as we have known it up to the present. There is more involved here than a …
Science and technology in global perspective
El problema demográfico mundial
Tenemos que volver a ocuparnos del problema de la población. A mi entender, esta Asamblea todavía no lo ha estudiado con todo el vigor que la importancia del tema requiere. Es difícil llegar a un consenso respecto de un programa intensificado de estudio y de acción que esté a la altura del problema y corresponda a su complejidad. Las dificultades con que se tropezó el año último, a raíz mismo de una conferencia que había tenido una amplitud sin p…
Prospects for a Future Whole World
The notion of the “world as a whole” is becoming increasingly prominent in the thinking and pronouncements of international prog-nosticators. Yet “globalism”, its functional expression, is a relatively new approach in the United Nations. In fact, it has hardly arrived. This statement is not paradoxical or even surprising. Globalism is not the same thing as internationalism as we have known it up to the present. There is more involved here than a …
The ‘futures’ debate in the United Nations
In recent years the future of mankind has become the object of intense and lively controversy which has led to the construction of a number of ‘scenarios of the unacceptable’ and the proposition of various strategies for avoiding them. Of all the reports produced, Limits to Growth has had the widest circulation, notably contributing to the consolidation of the ‘futures movement’ by its dramatic emphasis on the perils threatening the ‘carrying cap…
Science and technology in global perspective
Political science (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aging, Health, and Disability (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Biotechnology and Related Fields (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)