The Science and Spirituality of Creation Manual

THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of the troubled twentieth century and makes challenging predicitions for the future. Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements The Century: A Bird’s Eye View PART ONE: THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE 1. The Age of Total War 2. The World Revolution 3. Into the Economic Abyss 4. The Fall of Liberalism 5. Against the Common Enemy 6. The Arts 1914–45 7. End of Empires PART TWO: THE GOLDEN AGE 8. Cold War 9. The Golden Years 10. The Social Revolution 1945–1990 11. Cultural Revolution 12. The Third World 13. ‘Real Socialism’ PART THREE: THE LANDSLIDE 14. The Crisis Decades 15. Third World and Revolution 16. End of Socialism 17. The Avant-garde Dies – The Arts After 1950 18. Sorcerers and Apprentices – The Natural Sciences 19. Towards the Millennium References Further Reading Index