Crossing the theory/practice divide: the emergence of a new world view and its implications for business education

Suggests that we are reaching a crisis in the Western worldview where abstract thinking has lost touch with nature as untrammelled growth leads to chaos in the money markets, global warming and violence. The purely rational worldview which began with Descartes is crumbling as we lose connection with ourselves and with others. Discusses the need to bring the rational back into relationship with the sensual and emotional.