The Coming Age of Scarcity Preventing Mass Death and Genocide in the Twenty-First Century
Michael Dobkowski and Isidor Walliman have edited a book that, although ominous, is not a fatalistic look at the future. The Coming Age of Scarcity lays out the perils of not recognizing the reality of genocide or of acknowledging the full implications of warfare.
Showing how scarcity and surplus populations can lead to disaster, The Coming Age of Scarcity is about evil. It tells of "ethnic cleansing" and excavates the world's expanding killing fields. The writers in this volume are all too aware that the future suggests that present-day population growth, land resources, energy consumption, and per capita consumption cannot be sustained without leading to greater catastrophes. The essays in this volume ask: What is the solution in the face of mass death and genocide? As philosopher John K. Roth says in the Foreword, "The essays can sensitize us against despair and indifference because history shows that human-made mass death and genocide are not inevitable, and no events related to them will ever be."| Publisher Name | Syracuse University Press |
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| Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
| Format | Audio |
| Bisac Subject Major | SOC |
| Language | NG |
| Isbn 10 | 0815627440 |
| Isbn 13 | 9780815627449 |
| Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
| Series | 000508074 |
| Dimensions | 00.90" H x 10.06" L x 05.00" W |
| Page Count | 372 |
Michael N. Dobkowski is professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is author of The Tarnished Dream: The Basis of American Anti-Semitism, The Politics of lndifference: Documentary History of Holocaust Victims in America, and Jewish American Voluntary Organizations.
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