Country United States Media type Print ISBN 0-553-01480-3 Subject Philosophy Preceded by The Tao of Physics | Language English Pages 464 pp. Originally published 1982 Publisher Bantam Books Genre Science | |
 | ||
Similar Fritjof Capra books, Physics books, Science books | ||
The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture is a 1982 book by Fritjof Capra written to examine perceived scientific and economic crises through the perspectives of systems theory.
Contents
Summary
Capra begins by outlining and tracing the history of science and economics, highlighting flaws in the Cartesian, Newtonian, and reductionist paradigms which have come to light in the context of more contemporary empirical understanding of the physical sciences. He narrates how such viewpoints have grown inadequate to guide human behavior and policy with regard to modern technology and ecology, then argues that science needs to develop the concepts and insights of holism and systems theory to solve society's complex problems.
Influence
The 1990 film, Mindwalk, is based on the book.