INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION ix
4. 1. THE MAKING OF THE GODGAME: Winners Take All 1
5. 2. GODGAMES AT THE PENTAGON: The New Terms of Human Survival 22
6. 3. A NEW VIEW OF NATURE: Parts and Wholes in Biological Reality 46
7. 4. THE AMAZING GIFT OF LANGUAGE: The Emergence of Fully Conscious Humans 61
8. 5. THE GODS OF THE SOULLESS MACHINE: Newtonian Physics, Metaphysics, and Natural Laws 81
9. 6. THE GOD WITH THE INVISIBLE HAND: Neoclassical Economics and Mid-Nineteenth-Century Physics 102
10. 7. A GREEN THUMB ON THE INVISIBLE HAND: Environmental Economics and Ecological Economics 124
11. 8. AN UNNATURAL RELIGION: The Telos of the Market Consensus 146
12. 9. THE ENDGAME: Resolving the Crisis in the Global Environment 165
13. Notes 189
14. Index 201
15. About the Author 213