{"product_id":"commanding-hope-the-power-we-have-to-renew-a-world-in-peril-paperback","title":"Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Homer-Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalling on history, cutting-edge research, complexity science and even \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned thought leader Thomas Homer-Dixon lays out the tools we can command to rescue a world on the brink.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor three decades, Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ingenuity Gap \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Upside of Down\u003c\/i\u003e, has examined the threats to our future security--predicting a deteriorating global environment, extreme economic stresses, mass migrations, social instability and wide political violence if humankind continued on its current course. He was called The Doom Meister, but we now see how prescient he was. \u003cbr\u003e Today, just about everything we've known and relied on (our natural environment, economy, societies, cultures and institutions) is changing dramatically--too often for the worse. Without radical new approaches, our planet will become unrecognizable as well as poorer, more violent and more authoritarian.\u003cbr\u003e In his latest work (dedicated to his young children), he calls on his extraordinary knowledge of complexity science, of how societies work and can evolve, and of our capacity to handle threats, to show that we can shift human civilization onto a decisively new path if we mobilize our minds, spirits, imaginations and collective values. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCommanding Hope\u003c\/i\u003e marshals a fascinating, accessible argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to affect urgent systemic change, strengthen our economies and cultures, and renew our hope in a positive future for everyone on Earth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHOMAS HOMER-DIXON holds a University Research Chair in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada, and is director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. Between 2009 and 2014, he was founding director of the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he received his BA in political science from Carleton University and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in international relations, defense and arms control policy, and conflict theory. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Upside of Down\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Ingenuity Gap: Can We Solve the Problems of the Future?\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eEnvironment, Scarcity, and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766940139808,"sku":"9780307363176","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/edfdde33bb4b6008808bf0fdc875cb86.webp?v=1780301332","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/commanding-hope-the-power-we-have-to-renew-a-world-in-peril-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}