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15 Int'l Stud. 9 (2015)

handle is hein.journals/intlsds15 and id is 1 raw text is: Pregledni rad UDK: 316.42 Prirnljeno: 23. ozujka 2015. Need For a New Global Humanity-Centered Paradigm Ivo Slaus* Summary Salient features of contemporary world are outlined: global, rapidly chang- ing, interdependent and characterized by uncertainties that we currently do not understand. It is shown that the present paradigm is not sustainable and that it keeps the world constantly at the edge of a catastrophe: destruction of our civilization. The necessity of a new global paradigm is emphasized. It is stressed that guiding principles of the new paradigm should be human- centered and humanity-centered. Keywords: global contemporary world, new paradigm, human-centered and humanity-centered paradigm. 1. Introduction The contemporary world is global, interdependent and rapidly changing. The rate of change is much higher than at any time in history [1]. All of these features are science- technology generated, and consequently generated by human beings. It is justifiable to label our current era the Anthropocene era [2]. All indicators of human activities show dramatic change during the last 100 years: world fossil fuels consumption increased by 16 times, fishing activities increased by 35 times [1]. World population has almost quadrupled during the 20th century: from about billion and a half to six billion [3]. However, decreasing fertility rate below 2.1 caused population explosion to turn into demographic transition [3], with population decreasing in many countries. Transfor- mation of society from 1800 to 2010 and from 1950 to 2010 is shown in Table 1 [4]. Ivo Slaus, akademik, dekan Visoke skole medunarodnih odnosa i diplomacije Dag Hammarskj6ld u Zagrebu, e-mail: slaus@irb.hr

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