The Reality of This World - Webel, Charles P.
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This book analyzes theories and policies that have constructed the world as it is, exploring how social and natural sciences, philosophy, and humanities have abetted our understanding of this world, and why globalization, rationalization, and technology simultaneously advance our well-being while also putting life on Earth at risk.

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This book analyzes theories and policies that have constructed the world as it is, exploring how social and natural sciences, philosophy, and humanities have abetted our understanding of this world, and why globalization, rationalization, and technology simultaneously advance our well-being while also putting life on Earth at risk.
Autorenporträt
Charles P. Webel is currently Professor and Guarantor at the School of International Relations of the University of New York in Prague, as well as Fulbright Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution. A five-time Fulbright Scholar, he has taught, studied, or lectured at Oxford, Stanford, Heidelberg, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. As an undergraduate, with the guidance of his Philosophy Department advisor, Charles Webel created an individual major called "The Human Construction of Reality. Dr. Webel has published more than a dozen books, including Peace and Conflict Studies (with D. Barash); Terror, Terrorism, and the Human Condition; The Politics of Rationality; and The World as Idea. He is a lifelong peace activist and has weaknesses for good gelato and bad puns.