Tipping out of trouble : how societies transformed and how we can do so again / Marten Scheffer.

Author/creator Scheffer, Marten author
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionviii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Physical mediumillustration
Physical mediummap
Contents Prologue: Change is in the Air -- The Trouble ; A Planetary Crisis ; A Societal Crisis ; Who Are We? -- The Tipping ; Loss of Resilience -- How Civilizations Transformed ; The Birth of Civilization ; Collapse ; Senescence ; Rejuvenation ; Revolution ; Norm Shifts ; Technological Revolutions ; History's Rhyme: Changing Fast and Slow -- How Social Tipping Works ; The Basic Theory ; Getting Stuck ; Lost Attraction ; Breaking Loose ; Five Complementary Views ; Ten Laws of Social Tipping -- Reading our Times ; The Information Revolution ; Getting Emotional ; A Changing Political Tide ; Getting Greener ; The Big Picture -- Three Plausible Futures ; A Failed World ; A Good Anthropocene ; Buying Time -- The Invisible Strangling Hand ; Cleaning Mood ; Free Will ; Revealing the Hand ; Unmasking Bullshit ; Debunking Bullshit ; Unleashing Cascading Change -- What Can Be Done ; What You Can Do ; The Invisible Hand Revisited ; Turning the Ship.
Abstract "How can we successfully transition towards a sustainable future? Drawing on broad insights from science and history, Marten Scheffer reveals how societies have transformed in the past and sets out a roadmap for how we might steer ourselves away from collapse-and toward renewal"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9781009699747
LCCN 2025028368
ISBN9781009699754
ISBN100969975X hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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