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Commanding hope : the power we have to renew a world in peril

For over three decades, Thomas Homer-Dixon has examined the threats to our future security, predicting a deteriorating global environment, extreme economic stresses, social instability and wide political violence if humankind continued on its current course. In Commanding Hope, Homer-Dixon lays out the tools we can command to rescue a world on the brink.

Book  - 2020
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  • ISBN: 9780307363169
  • Physical Description 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.

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Commanding Hope : The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
Commanding Hope : The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
by Homer-Dixon, Thomas
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Table of Contents

Commanding Hope : The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologue: Our Own Storyp. 1
Part 1The Necessity of Hope
1    Signalsp. 11
2    How About...p. 26
3    Fighting a Scarcity of Hopep. 42
4    So Our Souls Can Breathep. 55
5    The Ways Hope Worksp. 62
6    Imagine Possibilityp. 90
7    Courage beyond the Edgep. 115
Part 2The Challenge of Hope
8    The False Promise of Techno-Optimismp. 125
9    The World to Come Todayp. 144
10    A Contest of WITsp. 166
11    Why Is Positive Change So Hard?p. 179
12    Shock Cascadesp. 198
13    A Message from Middle-earthp. 208
Part 3The Path to Hope
14    From Gondor to Washington, DCp. 237
15    Into the Mindp. 251
16    Hero Storiesp. 274
17    Strategic Intelligencep. 287
18    Mindscapep. 298
19    Hot Thoughtp. 321
20    Renewing the Futurep. 331
Epilogue: The Battle for Tomorrowp. 370
Acknowledgmentsp. 375
A Note on the Book's Dedicationp. 381
Endnotesp. 383
Illustration Creditsp. 427
Indexp. 431