Millennium Dawn: The Philosophy of Planetary Crisis and Human Liberation, pbk [Paperback]

Glen T. Martin (Author)

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Publication Date: March 3, 2005

This book presents an analysis of our total human situation on planet earth and provides the basis for a redeemed world order based on democracy, peace, prosperity, and a new human maturity. It provides the basis for tremendous hope in the future by distilling the latest thought in philosophy, spirituality, the social sciences, economics, and politics.

Martin demonstrates in detail the range of potentialities within the human beings for rapidly transforming both themselves and their institutions toward a decent, just, and sustainable world order. In doing so he offers an original philosophical synthesis of human spirituality, social maturity, and political-economic potential. He provides a truly holistic vision for dealing with our global crisis that is at the same time both practical and realistic.

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About the Author

Glen T. Martin is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Radford University in Virginia. He is Secretary-General of the World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA), President of International Philosophers for Peace (IPPNO), and Vice-President of the Institute on World Problems (IOWP).

Dr. Martin has lectured, published, and traveled in many countries in the service of world peace and a transformed future for humankind. His author of From Nietzsche to Wittgenstein: The Problem of Truth and Nihilism in the Modern World (1989), editor of World Revolution Through World Law (2005), and co-editor of Emerging World Law (2005). He has also published dozens of articles on a variety of topics in political commentary, comparative philosophy, the spirituality of human liberation, economic democracy, democratic world government, and global social issues.

Product Details

• Paperback: 430 pages
• Publisher: The Institute for Economic Democracy (March 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975355511
• ISBN-13: 978-0975355510
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,433,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The photos of Glen T. Martin shown here depict: (1) meeting with the Foreign Secretary of Libya in Tripoli, (2) giving a World Constitution and Parliament Association seminar in Ghana, West Africa, (3) founding a new WCPA chapter in Costa Rica, (4) inspecting Tsunami damage in Sri Lanka, (5) meeting with the spiritual leader of the Oomoto Religion, Japan, and (6) holding a press conference on the Earth Constitution in Lucknow, India.

Dr. Martin is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Radford University in Virginia and founder in 1994 of the Radford University program in Peace Studies, of which he is currently Chairperson. He is also President of the Radford University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

Since long before receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and his MA from Hunter College, he was a conscientious objector to war and active in movements for peace and the transformation of our brutal and violent world order. Much of his writing and scholarship has centered around the interconnections between the spiritual and social-political dimensions of achieving peace and human liberation.

For a number of years Dr. Martin has been active in the movement to create non-military, democratic world government under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. In this capacity, since 1997 he has been a member of the World Executive Council of the World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA, www.wcpa.biz) which coordinates a network of tens of thousands of people from 120 countries worldwide in their work toward these goals.

Since March 2003, he has served as Secretary-General of the World Constitution and Parliament Association. Within this movement for world government under the Constitution, he is also a Professor and President of the Institute On World Problems, IOWP, (www.worldproblems.net) holding seminars in different locations around the world to train future leaders to deal with global problems in the light of democratic world government.

Since 2001, he has been a professor for Institute seminars in Takoradi, Ghana, Kara, Togo, Lucknow, India, Chennai, India, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Bangkok, Thailand, Kameoka, Japan, Toronto, Canada, Tepoltzlan, Mexico, San Jose, Costa Rica and elsewhere. The Institute On World Problems serves as a think-tank and non-profit educational institution actively addressing world problems and helping "build leadership skills for the Earth Federation."

Martin has published seven books, six of them focusing on the practical and philosophical foundations of demoratic world law and the processes of human liberation toward a just, peaceful, and free world order. He has also published dozens of articles on a variety of topics in comparative philosophy, the spirituality of human liberation, economic democracy, democratic world government and global social issues.

Martin is a regular contributor of political editorials to various newspapers and newsletters. As a result of his scholarly and organizing activities, he has received several international awards for his work toward world peace, the most recent being the 2007 "World Peace Award" from the Office of the World Peace Envoy in Bangkok, Thailand. His personal website is www.radford.edu/gmartin.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely important book, October 28, 2007

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Jo Dempsey "(my *real* middle name)" (Hawthorne, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Millennium Dawn: The Philosophy of Planetary Crisis and Human Liberation, pbk (Paperback)

I read this book almost a year ago, and am very sorry I'm only now writing this review. While I did skip over a short section on spirituality, finding that section too dry, I have probably gone over the other 75% of this book with a fine tooth comb. I believe some day it will be recognized for the significant work that it is. Glen Martin puts together his extensive knowledge of philosophy, spirituality and the major players thereof. He critiques and quotes extensively; it is an education in itself. As a student of Jiddu Krishnamurti, I particularly valued his critique of this author.

If I was to ask the author any question, it would be his ideas on how to manifest this consciousness immediately and with small groups.... and in America. He would probably answer that the consciousness isn't here in sufficient quantity, and he might be right. While I understand his perspective on a more global perspective, I still think it has to be done with small groups as well. My proposal for such a plan can be seen on my website called cooperative-community (dot) info