Post-materialism
Origin: Lat. post., materiālis, -ismus, Gr. -ισμός
A world concept based on the idea that today’s materialistic behavior can and ought to be replaced by a system that does not goad people to acquire. The view that a whole universe of significance lies behind the mundane world of material surfaces. Assisted by insights from quantum physics, as well as from meditative practices around the world. Articulated in popular terms by Capra in The Tao of Physics (1975) and in works by Ken Wilber such as No Boundary (1979) and A Brief History of Everything (1995). Possibly a component of the world-view that follows from industrialism.
Spanish: Post-materialismo
Sources and references
- Slaughter, Richard A. “Glossary of future terms.”cited 79 times
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