Between Two Ages: The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning by William Van Dusen Wishard

Between Two Ages: The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning
William Van Dusen Wishard

Format: Paperback, 324pp.
ISBN: 9780738836560
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Pub. Date: December 2000

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From The Publisher:

The next three decades may be the most decisive 30-year period in the history of mankind. To understand why, Between Two Ages offers an eagle's-eye view of how the cultural, technological and spiritual tectonic plates of life have been clashing and reshaping our lives, and how civilized existence struggles with this epic transformation.

About the Author

William Van Dusen Wishard heads WorldTrends Research, a Washington-based consultancy specializing in the analysis and synthesizing of global trends. His briefings on world trends for members of Congress and for professional groups have been televised nationally by C-SPAN numerous times, and his Voice of America commentary has been broadcast worldwide.

He and his wife Anne live in Reston, Virginia.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	9
	Foreword	15
	Introduction	17
1	At the Core of the Interregnum	25
2	Life in 1900	36
3	The Great Expansion	46
4	World War I	51
5	First Articulations of the Interregnum	56
6	The Intellectualization of American Life	65
7	The Great Depression	71
8	Management - A New Profession	77
9	The March of Equality	85
10	World War II	91
11	Changing Cultural Patterns	99
12	The Interregnum's Spiritual and Psychological Context	119
13	Summary of 1900-1950	137
14	The Context	142
15	The 1950s - Hinge of the 20th Century	157
16	What, Really, Were the '60s All About?	169
17	Future Shock and Millennial Neurosis - The '70s, '80s and '90s	188
18	Quo Vadis, America?	202
19	The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning	208
	Epilogue	274
	Endnotes	283
	Chronology 1970-2000	287
	Technology Forecast 2002-2020	203
	Bibliography	309
	About the Author	321

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