Eugene
Halton is a sociologist and philosopher. He is professor emeritus in Sociology
and American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has written extensively on materiality, consumption and materialism, philosophical
pragmatism, and the problematic nature of modern civilization and the
civilizational mindset more generally. His recent works concern a new
philosophy of history regarding the limitations of the civilizational mindset,
and guideposts toward re-attuning contemporary civilization to what he has
termed “sustainable wisdom.” More on his: career and related.
Books:
From the Axial Age to the Moral
Revolution
The Meaning of Things, (coauthor with M. Csikszentmihalyi)
Also in German, Italian, Japanese and
Hungarian translations
And coeditor:
Selected recent publication: 2024: Is God Sustainable?
Additional publications
Selected:
Biographies: Charles Peirce, Lewis Mumford, Charles
Morris
Email: ehalton@nd.edu
Thought of the Day: This Vegetable
Universe