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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Part I: The ABCs
1. Globalization and Its Discontents Convergence and Conflict of Four Civilizations
2. Aristotle’s Golden Mean Attaining Excellence and Happiness amid Unreason
3. Buddha’s Middle Way Creating Value and Compassion amid Suffering
4. Confucius’s Balanced Order Restoring Harmony and Virtue amid Discord
5. ABC Geometry Golden Mean, Middle Way, Balanced Order Are Deeply Related
Part II: The Extremes and the ABCs
6. Political Extremes Polarized America and the Absence of a Common Good
7. Sacred and Profane Extremes Blind Faith versus Deaf Denial
8. Tribal Extremes Natural Dispersion and Cultural Commingling in the Global Village
9. Pandora’s Extremes The Politicization of Sex Difference
10. Cognitive Extremes Oral, Written, Visual, and Digital Traditions
11. Educational Extremes Global Lag and the American Gulag
12. Economic Extremes Overabundance and Dire Dearth
13. Totemic Extremes McFoods, McDrugs, and Brave New McWorlds
14. Middle Eastern Extremes Stinging Scorpions and Free Figs
15. Terrorist Extremes Bombed If We Do, and Bombed If We Don’t
Part III: The ABCs Here and Now
16. Importing the ABCs into Your Life Exporting Them into Your Environment
Endnotes
Suggested Reading
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