The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture is a book by Fritjof Capra written to explain the perceived scientific and economic crises. It begins by outlining and tracing the history of science and economics, highlighting the flaws in the Cartesian, Newtonian, and reductionist paradigms. It narrates how such viewpoints have grown inadequate for modern technology and ecology needs, then argues that science needs to develop the concepts and insights of holism and systems theory to solve society's complex problems.
Publication data
- Fritjof Capra, The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture, (1982), Simon and Schuster, Bantam paperback 1983: ISBN 0-553-34572-9
- Doubleday Dell, mass market paperback 1984: ISBN 0-553-34148-0
- Flamingo Press, 1990 edition: ISBN 0-00-654017-1
- Sounds True audio cassette, 1990
