CONCLUSION 83
PART TWO
OPTIMISM IN TEILHARDIAN HUMANISM 84
INTRODUCTION 85
CHAPTER FOUR
THE PRESENT SITUATION AND MUTUAL DUTY OF
HUMAN
RACES 86
4.I. The Conflict Situation 87
4.2. A step towards union 88
4.3.The Significance and Value of Pan-human-mobilism
.................. 90
CHAPTER FIVE
THE AUTO-DESTRUCTION OF OUR PLANET AND THE
TEILHARDIAN
VISION 95
5.I Pollution and planetary destruction 96
5.I.I. Air
pollution.........................................................................................................96
5.I.2.Water
pollution.....................................................................................................96
5.I.3. Global
warming....................................................................................................98
5.2. Globalisation: The Spirit serving Matter
...............................................................I00 5.2.I.
Globalisation and
mercantilism..........................................................................I0I
5.2.2. Globalisation and
neoliberalism.........................................................................I02
5.2.3. Globalisation and
deshumanisation...................................................................I06
5.2.3.I. Globalisation and human
rights.....................................................................I07
5.2.3.2. Human rights
crisis.........................................................................................I08
5.2.4. The value of the human
person..........................................................................II0
5.2.4.I. The current crisis of
values..............................................................................II0
5.2.4.2. The foundation of human
value.....................................................................II2
5.3. Teilhardian Evolution: Matter serving the
Spirit................................................... II7 5.3.I. A
spiritual
phenomenon......................................................................................II8
5.3.2. Creation as a continuous
process........................................................................II9
CHAPTER SIX
THE PROGRESS OF THE NOOSPHERE 121
6.I. The process of EvolutionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.X....XXXXXXXXXX
I22
6.I.I. The beginning of EvolutionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I24
6.I.2. The end of EvolutionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXXXXXXXX
I25
6.2. The law of complexity and consciousnessXXXXXXXXXXXX...X
I26
6.2.I. Matter and
psychismXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXXXXXXXXXX..I27
6.2.2. The unity of all thingsXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I28
6.3. The Internet as a Noospherical effectXXXXXXXXXXXX I29
CONCLUSION 131
PART THREE
TEILHARDIAN HUMANISM TODAY 132
INTRODUCTION 133
CHAPTER SEVEN
TEILHARDIAN HUMANISM AND THE AFRICAN WELTANSCHAAUNG
134
7.I. The Negro-african vision of the
worldXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXX.......................I35 7.I.I.
BeingXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX....................................I35 7.I.2.
NatureXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.I37 7.I.3. The
worldXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...................................I38 7.I.4.
GodXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXXXXXX...XXXXXXXXXXXXXX..I39 7.I.5.
ManXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXXXX.I39 7.I.6.
TimeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.I4I 7.2. African and Teilhardian
World Views XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX..XX...XI42
CHAPTER EIGHT
AFRICAN HUMANISM IN THE LIGHT OF TEILHARDIAN
HUMANISM 143
8.I. The Negro-African role in the Pan - human -mobilism
................ I44
8.I.I. The ideal African society I44
8.I.2. The communal dimension of love in Africa I48
8.2. Sen ghor's African socialism
.....................................................................................I5I
8.2.I. African traditional
values.....................................................................................I5I
8.2.2. Western civilization and its impacts on
Africa....................................................I52 8.2.2.I. The
inferiority complex in the
African............................................................I52 8.2.2.2.
The split of personality in the
African.............................................................I54 8.2.3.
African
resources..................................................................................................I57
8.3. The Revalorisation of African traditional
values.....................................................I58
CHAPTER NINE
EVALUATION OF TEILHARDIAN HUMANISM 161
9.I. The panhuman convergence: a reliable hypothesis I62
9.2. The panhuman convergence: against westernization
.................. I63
9.3. The panhuman convergence: an unconscious phenomenon
I67
9.4. Some limits to Teilhardian optimism I68
CONCLUSION 171
GENERAL
CONCLUSION,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,....................,...172
I0.I. Panmobilism and optimism, substantial interconnection
orXXXXXXX..XXI72 I0.2. The actuality of Teilhard de Chardin
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX...I73 I0.3. The Panhuman convergence: Myth or
Reality?.....................................................I73 I0.4. Towards
a change in the mentality for a new convivialityXXXXXXXXXXX...I75
BIBLIOGRAPHY 177
I. WORKS OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,
177
II. WORKS ON TEILHARD DE CHARDIN,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,
178
III. GENERAL WORKS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,
180
IV. ARTICLES OF REVIEWS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,.,,
182
V. DISSERTATIONS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,.,,
183
VI. WEBSITES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,
183
INDEX,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...,.184
APPENDIX I..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,...,,..,,,,,,,.191 APPENDIX
II,,...,,,,,,,,,,,,...,,,,,,,,,..,.....................192
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