The Turning Point (book)

This article is about the Fritjof Capra book. For other uses, see Turning Point.
The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture

Cover of the first edition
Author Fritjof Capra
Country United States
Language English
Subject Philosophy
Published 1982
Publisher Bantam Books
Media type Print
Pages 464 pp.
ISBN 0-553-01480-3
Preceded by The Tao of Physics

The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture is a 1982 book by Fritjof Capra written to examine perceived scientific and economic crises through the perspectives of systems theory.

Summary

Capra begins by outlining and tracing the history of science and economics, highlighting flaws in the Cartesian, Newtonian, and reductionist paradigms which have come to light in the context of more contemporary empirical understanding of the physical sciences. He narrates how such viewpoints have grown inadequate to guide human behavior and policy with regard to modern technology and ecology, then argues that science needs to develop the concepts and insights of holism and systems theory to solve society's complex problems.

Influence

The 1990 film, Mindwalk, is based on the book.

Publication data


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/17/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.