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Today’s Afterglow and Tomorrow’s Aurora

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Finally we human beings come to the realization that sustainable prosperity of society and economy depends on environmental protection and ecological preservation.

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  1. 1.

    “…a few centuries ago”: David Griffin, The Reenchatment of Science: Postmodern Proposals. Trans. Ma Jifang, Beijing: Central Compilation &Translation Press, 1995, p. 154.

  2. 2.

    “…dependence on Western culture”: Huang Gaozhi et al. Ed. Internal Development—Quality Aspect and Strategic Factors, China Translation & Publishing Corporation, 1991, p. 103.

  3. 3.

    “…all its components”: Fritjof Capra & Spretnak Charlene, The Global Promise of Green Politics, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1984, p. 61.

  4. 4.

    “…the solution of others”: Andrew Dobson, Green Political Thought, Unmin Hynan, 1990, p. 74.

  5. 5.

    “…agree with nature”: Fritjof Capra & Spretnak Charlene, The Global Promise of Green Politics, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1984, pp. 148–149.

  6. 6.

    “…oppressing ourselves”: P. Akins, Ed. The Economics of Survival, China Science and Technology University Press, 1991, p. 55.

  7. 7.

    “…to foreign interests”: Fritjof Capra & Spretnak Charlene, The Global Promise of Green Politics, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1984, pp. 170–171.

  8. 8.

    “…bonded to the universe”: She Zhengrong, On Ecological Wisdom, China Social Sciences Publishing House, 1996, p. 214.

  9. 9.

    “…the earthly world”: Fritjof Capra & Spretnak Charlene, The Global Promise of Green Politics, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1984, p. 100.

  10. 10.

    “ecological civilization”: She Zhengrong, “Toward Ecological Humanism”, On Ecological Wisdom, China Social Sciences Publishing House, 1996, p. 270.

  11. 11.

    “…phase of eco-civilization”: Wang Jisi, “A Review of the Polemic on Conflict of Civilizations”, Civilizations and International Politics: Chinese Scholars’ Comments on Huntington’s Conflict of Civilizations, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 1995, p. 43.

  12. 12.

    “…clash of civilizations”: She Zhengrong, On Ecological Wisdom, China Social Sciences Publishing House, 1996, p. 281.

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Xin, Q. (2019). Today’s Afterglow and Tomorrow’s Aurora. In: A Brief History of Human Culture in the 20th Century. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9973-2_10

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