Synthesized answer
The author identifies four major areas of discontinuity that underlie contemporary social and cultural reality [2]. These include the explosion of new technologies leading to major new industries [2], the shift from an international to a world economy that currently lacks policy, theory, and institutions [2], and a new sociopolitical reality characterized by pluralistic institutions that present significant political, philosophical, and spiritual challenges [2]. Finally, the author points to a new universe of knowledge driven by mass education and its implications for work, leisure, and leadership [2].
The author brings an intimate knowledge and objective view of the particular and general to these observations [1, 2]. "The Age of Discontinuity" is described as a blueprint for shaping a future that is already present [1, 2]. The passages do not provide specific examples or detailed evidence beyond these four categories of discontinuity.
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of the particular and general. The Age of Discontinuity is a fascinating and important blueprint for shaping a future already very much with us. Categories: Social Science Pages: 435 Snippet: Peter Drucker brings to this work an intimate knowledge and objective view of the particular and general. The Age of Discontinuity is a fascinating and important blueprint for shaping a future already very much with us.
Title: The Age of Discontinuity by Peter F. Drucker Description: The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically altered. In this volume Peter Drucker focuses with great clarity and perception on the forces of change that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society. Drucker discerns four major areas of discontinuity underlying contemporary social and cultural reality. These are: (1) the explosion of new…