From the inside: "Modern 'democracies' are still riddled with authoritarian, corrupt, and antidemocratic processes. Building an authentic and thoroughly democratic system takes time. Unfortunately, given the rapid drift toward global disaster, we may not have as much time as we think. Yet without genuinely democratic problem-solving on a global scale, humans are likely to experience catastrophic suffering--over increasingly large areas of the Earth --during the next fifty years. Creating democracy in time, therefore, must be the principle concern as we prepare for the 21st century." "Reaching our goals of resolving the nuclear dilemma, guaranteeing the security of each people, ending the population crisis, living within ecological limits; feeding, clothing, sheltering, providing health care, and offering meaningful work to every human being may take decades. Yet each personal moment devoted to those goals is precious--a goal in and of itself. Our educational systems should teach these values above all else." "We may one day create a 'paradise on Earth.' We will almost certainly carry the seeds of our species to other worlds in the solar system. One whole lifetime-- the briefest of events-- is the most that one person can give to these adventures. Fortunately, it is not necessary that any one give more than a little. If we learn to organize ourselves syntropicly, our routine daily activities will add up to enough.'' From the Epilogue: Eluding death while being born I find new paths and forms... Emerging here as an innocent youth, ready to recreate the human story, and sweet like a fire kindled by the nearness of a new desire... Cover design by Will Foreman The painting on the front cover was done for this book by the artist T. Scott Sayre. Entitled Home Is..., it depicts a story of "the human family coming back together near the opening to a shining, new light." U.S.$23.10 Can.$32 MexPeso$78 ¥2320 £15 Australia$A32 FfrancF125 DM37 It.Lira/L36845

Table of Contents Prologue A New Horizon A Text for the Revolution Chapter Outline Flowers and Old Shoes CHAPTER 1..... A Global View of Democracy Introduction Anarchists of the World: Unite? The Approaching Crises Overshoot and Collapse The Democratic Response The Arguments for Democracy The Problems of Democracy Modern "Democracy" Customary Means of Winning Democracy As "a comforting fiction" A New Approach to Democracy In Summary CHAPTER 2.....History and the Quest for Meaning Introduction Democracy and Meaning What is "Human?" A False Sense of Union The Test of Time The Origins of Democracy The Inner Return The Nietzschean Challenge The Ultimate Source of Meaning Democracy Opens The Way Meaning as History A Human Interest Story The Twenty-First Century CHAPTER 3.....A Theory of Democracy Introduction From Chaos to Chaos Biological and Cultural Evolution The Origins of Democratic Change Freedom, Equality, and New Community Constructing A Theory Of Democracy The Stages of Democracy Liberal Democracy Democracy's Next Steps Teledemocracy Reform Now CHAPTER 4.....Individuals, Families, Groups Overview The Individual A Model of the Individual Syntropic Totems The Autonomous ``Self'' Autonomy and Universalization Rights and Responsibilities Emotions, Cognitions, and Communications Emotions Fear Anger Love Cognitions A Model of Consciousness Creativity Communication and Consciousness Families Family As System and Family As Democracy Groups Democracy and Its Small Systems CHAPTER 5.....Worksites, Corporations, Institutions Introduction Work, Relationships, and Human Purpose Jobs, Work, and Leisure Expert Knowledge The Flow of Work Extensions of Democracy Organizational Democracy Technology, Jobs, and the Worker Autonomous Worker Cooperatives Categories and Communities CHAPTER 6.....Local, National, and Regional Government Introduction Creative Politics Democracy's new agenda Two Traditions of Integration Integrative Government Integrative Interest Representation The Size of Democracy Local and Area Government National Government Regional Government Redesigning Political Leadership Opening the Government Evolution of Government CHAPTER 7.....The Syntropic Community: A Crucible for Change? Introduction Creative Politics The Syntropic Solution The Motivational Dilemma Creating a New Politics The Party of Change is NOT a Political Party The Idea of a Distributed Community The Syntropic World System Small Syntropic Systems Stages in the Evolution of Syntropic Communities Description of the Syntropic Community The Evolution of Individual Personality Co-evolution of Personality and Political System CHAPTER 8.....United Nations and World Democracy One or Many? Creating a Multicultural World Democracy World Law Creating the New World System On the Importance of ``Syntropy'' and "Spirit" Appendix 1.....Deep Evolution A General Theory of Evolution Information, Decision, and Social Control (1) Chaos (2) Extropic process (3) Associative process (4) Analogical process (5) Schematic process (6) Rational-Analytic (7) Dialectical-Systemic (8) Syntropic Appendix 2.....Syntropic Living Skills Relationship Learning to Love Learning to "Flow" Learning Autogenics Bibliography