Mankind at the Crossroads: Civilizational Shift or Self-destruction

• Main Author: Dimitar Tchurovsky
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Risk Institute, Trieste- Geneva 2019-05-01
• Series: Cadmus
• Online Access: http://cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-6/mankind-crossroads-civilizational-shift-or-self-destruction

Society has two parallel lines of development—the Course of History and the Spiral of Social Evolution. Development is determined bilaterally by objective and subjective factors. The subjective factor determines the content of society; the objective factor determines the structure of the society. The upcoming transition of mankind is evolutionary by nature, i.e. it represents a change in social consciousness, the structure of society and the ruling elite. This is a transition from a hierarchical to a network social structure. Evolutionary transitions have always been very painful for society. The upcoming change is a great danger because it is related to the survival of man as a species. In this situation, the economy and money lose their importance. The peaceful transition to a new form of social organization and a new type of society can be accomplished by the emergence and strengthening of social self-awareness. This is a civilizational change. The alternative is the self-destruction of society, which is not an option for discussion.