New Society Models for a New Millennium

As the twenty-first century begins, the world approaches a Learning- or Knowledge-based Society, thus creating a new « era of humankind. The Learning Society does not merely herald a new « era or « epoch, it signals a « transformation in a global dimension. However, never before in history have so many wars and so much violence inundated the world. However? The world approaching a new era of humankind governed by knowledge and ruled by wisdom, and at the same time drowning in wars and violence and celebrating a renaissance of religions - do these go together? They do.