Natural : the seductive myth of nature's goodness
Levinovitz, Alan2020
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Without our realising it, a single, slippery concept has become a secular deity throughout the modern industrial world. We make terrible sacrifices in its name: of our money, our health, and our planet. That deity is nature itself. From supermarket shoppers to evolutionary biologists, from atheists to pastors, from Alex Jones to Gwyneth Paltrow, we are all prone to the intuitive faith that life should be lived naturally. But nature can't teach us how to live. If we try to stick to its imagined commands, eschewing human artifice in pursuit of Edenic purity, we jeopardise the environment, our health, and our society. We also waste a lot of money on pots of weird slime. It is time to accept our profound responsibility to shape the world of which our technology and our selves are wholly a part.
Natural : the seductive myth of nature's goodness / Alan Levinovitz.
London : Profile Books, 2020.
252 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Myth ( In the beginning ; The true vine ; States of nature ) ; Ritual ( Hey bear ; Let food be thy medicine ; Deepak Chopras condo ) ; Law ( The invisable hand ; The rhytm ; God-given talent)
9781788161985
113
English
372832
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Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs | 113 LEV | Available |