This work is particularly concerned with the conflict between economic growth and the sustainability of biophysical lifesupport systems of the planet.

Writers such as Samuel P. Huntington and Robert D. Kaplan, respectively, have spoken of an emerging "clash of civilizations" and of "coming anarchy". This work is also concerned with the future of civilization, in particular with the conflict between economic growth and the sustainability of biophysical lifesupport systems of the planet, arguing that the system of orthodox neo-classical economics has justified the modernist belief in the necessity of ending economic growth and the exploitation of nature.

Preface - The Crisis of Civilization: Economic Globalization and the Shredding of the World - The Bankruptcy of Economics - Fingernails on the Mind's Blackboard: Universal Reason, Postmodernity and the Limits of Science - Civilization's Wake: Ecology, Economics and the Roots of Environmental Destruction and Neglect - Notes - Bibliography - Index