Thisbookshowsthatthechaosandconflictexperiencedworld-widetodayaretheresultofaglobalculturalmetamorphosis,onewhichhasacceleratedsorapidlyinrecentdecadesastoprovokefierceresistance.Manyofthechangesthathavetakenplaceinthelastfiftyyears--thefeministmovement,therapidspreadofdemocracy,theglobaleconomy,quantumphysics,minoritymovements,thepeacemovement,thesexualrevolution--arepartofthisculturaltransformation.Contrarytoacceptedopinion,theconflictitengendersisnotastrugglebetweenLeftandRight,orbetweentheWestandIslam,butonetakingplacewithintheLeft,withintheRight,withintheWest,withinIslam,withineveryoneandeveryinstitution.Currently,theworldisinthemiddleofanadaptiveprocess,movingtowardaculturalethosmoreappropriatetoaspecieslivinginashrinkingworldandindangerofdestroyingitshabitat--aworldthatincreasinglydemandsforitssurvivalintegrativethinking,unlimitedcommunication,andglobalco-operation.Award-winningauthorPhilipSlaterexplainsthemetamorphosisofglobalculturethroughtheanalogyofthetransitionfromcaterpillartobutterfly--theChrysalisEffect--wherebybyoldculturalassumptionsarechallengedandinnovationsareseenasasocialill,acriticalmoralinfection,andattackedassuchbytheupholdersoftradition.Andwhenthebuddingculturereplacesthepreviousone,itdoesn’tcreateanewwayofbeingoutofnothing,butmerelyrearrangesoldpatternstomakethenewones.Todayourworldiscaughtinthemiddleofthisdisturbingtransformativeprocess--aprocessthatcreatesconfusionovervalues,lossofethicalcertainty,andabewilderinglackofconsensusaboutalmosteverything.“TheChrysalisEffect“providesananswertothequestion:Whyistheworldinsuchamess?
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