Eugene
Halton is a sociologist and philosopher. He is professor emeritus in Sociology
and American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Halton has written extensively
on consumption and materialism, 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