The Great Turning : From Empire to Earth Community (Paperback)

from mkriens

too much political correctness and a shallow, naive way of thinking. Utopia's are great for dreaming and I can imagine this book sometimes stimulates thinking how life on earth should be. However, only a small percentage of the people have to be after their narrow self interest and you create a p...

from KeithAkers

I actually led a book discussion group on this book last year. The discussions were interesting but the book is, I think, inadequate. For anyone with vaguely leftist inclinations, It's sort of like going to see a romantic comedy starring (oh, say) Meg Ryan. You know what to expect, and you will p...

from ebnelson

Any reader of The Great Turning must remember one key fact: You're not reading this book because Korten is a noteworthy psychologist or theologian or anthropologist. Korten has some keen insights and his experience with international NGOs and in academia ensure that the telling of his vision is e...

from Katahdin85

A wonderful, thought provoking book about how to Save the World. Raises a lot of interesting questions and possible solutions to Corporate Greed, Golbal Warming and other ills of today. You have to be able though to overlook some mindless blather about feminism and a thorough trashing of religion...

from Katahdin85

A wonderful, thought provoking book about how to Save the World. Raises a lot of interesting questions and possible solutions to Corporate Greed, Golbal Warming and other ills of today. You have to be able though to overlook some mindless blather about feminism and a thorough trashing of religion...