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Earthly order : how natural laws define human life / Saleem H. Ali.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Description: xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780197640272
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Earthly orderDDC classification:
  • 003 23/eng20220223
LOC classification:
  • Q295 .A443 2022
Contents:
Introduction: The limited logic of order? -- Seduction of structure in nature -- The elements of earthly order -- Circularity, cyclicality and sustainability -- The orders of economic harmony -- Elusive orders of economic equilibrium -- Mindful errors and social order -- Sex, population and sustainability -- Empires and Edens -- Borders and functional political order -- From international to global order in the "Anthropocene" -- Conclusion: Reconciling orders -- Coda: Chromatic order.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The limited logic of order? -- Seduction of structure in nature -- The elements of earthly order -- Circularity, cyclicality and sustainability -- The orders of economic harmony -- Elusive orders of economic equilibrium -- Mindful errors and social order -- Sex, population and sustainability -- Empires and Edens -- Borders and functional political order -- From international to global order in the "Anthropocene" -- Conclusion: Reconciling orders -- Coda: Chromatic order.

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