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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822231603321

Autore

Greer John Michael

Titolo

After progress : reason and religion at the end of the industrial age / / John Michael Greer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-55092-586-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

303.44

Soggetti

Progress

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The noise of the gravediggers -- The shape of time -- The rock by Lake Silvaplana -- A peculiar absence of bellybones -- The god with the monkeywrench -- The far side of progress -- Life preservers for mermaids -- Religion resurgent -- At the closing of an age.

Sommario/riassunto

Progress is the God of the modern world. What happens once God is dead?Our society's worship of the idea of progress constitutes a formidable roadblock to successful adaptation to what our climate-changed, resource-depleted future has in store. John Michael Greer doesn't just identify that roadblockhe dynamites and bulldozes it, using his characteristically sharp wit and expansive knowledge of cultural history.---Richard Heinberg, author, The End of Growth an excellent introduction to Greer's insightful big-picture thinking grounded in an all-too-rare knowledge of history, ecology, and econo