The Moral Ecology of Collapse: Essays on Inequality, Complexity, and the Instability of Democratic Societies

Why do wealthy societies fracture? Why do democracies drift toward instability even in times of material abundance? And what hidden forces shape the path between flourishing and collapse? In The Moral Ecology of Collapse: Essays on Inequality, Complexity, and the Instability of Democratic Societies, Lawrence R. Kunkel offers a sweeping, interdisciplinary exploration of the systems that govern modern life-economic, social, psychological, technological, and political. Drawing from complexity ...