After progress : reason and religion at the end of the industrial age / / John Michael Greer
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| Autore: |
Greer John Michael
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| Titolo: |
After progress : reason and religion at the end of the industrial age / / John Michael Greer
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| Pubblicazione: | Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.44 |
| Soggetto topico: | Progress |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | After progress |
| ISBN: | 1-55092-586-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822231603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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