Civilization's shock

Author: Zhou Suiming
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Publish Date: 1998-08-01
Features: The content of this book mainly discusses the "Post-Thirty Years Phenomenon" in contemporary Western society. It consists of seven chapters: Chapter 1, The May Storm Rages Down; Chapter 2, The Information Civilization Arrives; Chapter 3, The Post-Industrial Society Arrives in Style; Chapter 4, The New Social Movements Are on the Rise; Chapter 5, New Conservatism Takes Office; Chapter 6, Postmodernism Sweeps the World; Chapter 7, The Wave of Globalization Sweeps the Globe. The book lists phenomena such as the rise of new conservatives, the global ecological crisis, the popularity of postmodernism, the spread of AIDS and drug abuse, and the panic caused by cloning technology, explaining how they swept through the West in a whirlwind new industrial revolution centered on the information revolution.