The Turning Point (book)

This article is about the Fritjof Capra book. For other uses, see Turning Point.

The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture

File:The Turning Point (first edition).jpg Cover of the first edition
Author	Fritjof Capra
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Philosophy
Published	1982
Publisher	Bantam Books
Media type	Print
Pages	464 pp.
ISBN	0-553-01480-3
Preceded by	The Tao of Physics

The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture is a 1982 book by Fritjof Capra written to examine perceived scientific and economic crises through the perspectives of systems theory.

Summary

Capra begins by outlining and tracing the history of science and economics, highlighting flaws in the Cartesian, Newtonian, and reductionist paradigms which have come to light in the context of more contemporary empirical understanding of the physical sciences. He narrates how such viewpoints have grown inadequate to guide human behavior and policy with regard to modern technology and ecology, then argues that science needs to develop the concepts and insights of holism and systems theory to solve society's complex problems.

Influence

The 1990 film, Mindwalk, is based on the book.

Publication data

• Fritjof Capra, The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture, (1982), Simon and Schuster, Bantam paperback 1983: ISBN 0-553-34572-9
  • Doubleday Dell, mass market paperback 1984: ISBN 0-553-34148-0
  • Flamingo Press, 1990 edition: ISBN 0-00-654017-1
  • Sounds True audio cassette, 1990

External links

• The Turning Point