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A Paradigm for Global Citizenship
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Arthur Clark
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$24.95 Paperback
Release Date: 4/1/2010
ISBN: 978-1-897425-68-8
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Distributed for Athabasca University Press
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About the Book
The ABCs of Human Survival examines the effect of militant nationalism and the lawlessness of powerful states on the well-being of individuals, local communities, and global citizenship. Based on the analysis of world events, Dr. Arthur Clark presents militant nationalism as a pathological pattern of thinking that threatens our security, while emphasizing effective democracy and international law as indispensable frameworks for human protection.
Within the contexts of history, sociology, philosophy, and spirituality, The ABCs of Human Survival calls into question the assumptions of consumer culture and offers, as an alternative, strategies to improve overall well-being through the important choices we make as individuals.
About the Author(s)
Dr. Arthur Clark is a Professor of Neuropathology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, and an active staff neuropathologist at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. He carries lifelong experience with militant nationalist culture, having come of age during the Vietnam War and serving two years as Captain in the United States Army Medical Corps. In 1995, in honour of his late wife, he established the Dr. Irma M. Parhad Programmes at the University of Calgary, which focus on ways to improve worldwide health and well-being within the framework of international law. He is also currently involved in a project to establish a Calgary Centre for Global Community, to be based on the values and vision that informed The ABCs of Human Survival.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction and Overview
The pathology of nationalism
Choosing the future
The necessity of democracy and law
The personal is political
War is a disease: The case of Vietnam
The practice of medicine and the practice of citizenship
A personal journey
About this book
Principles of global community and global citizenship: A synopsis
CHAPTER ONE: Choosing the Future
Where are we going?
Where do we want to go?
The practice of medicine and the practice of global citizenship
Pathogenesis: Why are we so self-destructive?
Pathogenesis: Nationalism and warfare
Democracy and international law
The rabbi’s son from Krakow
Choosing the future: Summary
CHAPTER TWO: Axioms
First Axiom: The map is not the territory
Second Axiom: The map changes the territory
Third Axiom: We choose our maps
Fourth Axiom: Good, bad, evil, important, and unimportant are in the eye of the beholder
Fifth Axiom: Political leaders are not competent to determine the value of a human life
CHAPTER THREE: Paradigm Shift
Who are we?
Pathology of the old paradigm
The new paradigm and human options
CHAPTER FOUR: Principles of Global Community
Principle 1
Principle 2
Principle 3
Principle 4
Principle 5
Principle 6
Principle 7
Principle 8
Principle 9
Principle 10
Principle 11
Principle 12
Principle 13
Principle 14
Principle 15
Principle 16
Principle 17
Principle 18
Principle 19
Principle 20
CHAPTER FIVE: The Case of Iraq
Saddam Hussein and the U.S. government before and after August 1990
The U.S. invasion of Panama, Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, and the 1991 Gulf War
Communication, scholars, the media, and propaganda for war
Economic sanctions and weapons of mass destruction
The U.S.-UK invasion of Iraq, March 2003
Democracy, the occupation, and the ongoing violence in Iraq
Terrorism and the destruction of Iraq
Responsibility for the destruction of Iraq
A way forward
Conclusion
CHAPTER SIX: Principles of Global Citizenship
Principle 21
Principle 22
Principle 23
Principle 24
Principle 25
Principle 26
Principle 27
Principle 28
Principle 29
Principle 30
Winds of change
The power of one
Civil disobedience
CHAPTER SEVEN: Practicing Citizenship
The global citizen as hero for our time
Awareness
Imagination and knowledge
A 35 percent solution and the game of global citizenship
The basic building block of democracy
The Parkhill Pulse
The city as microcosm of the global community
A Calgary Centre for Global Community
The genius of citizenship
Chapter Eight: Prognosis
Your choice
Bibliography
Reviews
Sample Chapter
A sample chapter of this title is not available at this time. For further information, please email info@ubcpress.ubc.ca.
Related Topics
Political Science
Philosophy
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