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Today, just about everything we’ve known and relied on (our natural environment, economy, societies, cultures, and institutions) is changing dramatically – too often for the worse. Without radical new approaches, our planet will become unrecognizable as well as poorer, more violent, more authoritarian.
In his fascinating, long-awaited new book (dedicated to his young children), Thomas Homer Dixon calls on his extraordinary knowledge of complexity science, of how societies work and can evolve, and our capacity to handle threats, to show that we can shift human civilization onto a decisively new path if we mobilize our minds, spirits, imaginations, and collective values.
Commanding Hope marshals a fascinating, accessible argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to effect urgent systemic change, strengthen our economies and cultures, and renew our
hope in a positive future for everyone on Earth.
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North American English including audio rights sold to Knopf / Penguin Random House Canada. All other rights available from Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists. meg@wcaltd.com
Reviews
“Brilliantly structured and utterly absorbing from beginning to end, Commanding Hope addresses with honesty and courage the dangers we face and offers us practical ways to prepare for the hard work ahead.”
– Quill & Quire (starred)
“It may come as a surprise … to learn that Homer-Dixon himself is not pessimistic about hope. Commanding Hope is his passionate – and evidence-backed – case for it.”
– Maclean’s
“Thomas Homer-Dixon cuts through the doom and offers a path to hope with new book.”
– Calgary Herald
Author Biography
THOMAS HOMER-DIXON holds a University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, where he is a professor in the Faculty of Environment. His books include The Upside of Down and Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. His writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Financial Times, and The Globe and Mail.
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Copyright (c) 2020 Thomas Homer-Dixon
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- Publisher/Imprint Penguin Random House Canada / Knopf
- Publication Date September 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780307363169 / 0307363163
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 36 CAD
- Pages464
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- EditionFirst
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size16.03 x 3.53 x 23.77 cm (16.03 x 23.77) cm
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