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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greer, John Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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

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ISBN:

9781550925869

1550925865

OCLC:

913977595