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



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Autore: Greer John Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: After progress : reason and religion at the end of the industrial age / / John Michael Greer Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-55092-586-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822231603321
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