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020 _a9781451659115
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040 _aAJP
_beng
_cAJP
_dYDX
_dBDX
_dOCL
092 _a303.44
_bRyan, C
100 1 _aRyan, Christopher,
_d1962-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCivilized to death :
_bthe price of progress /
_cby Christopher Ryan.
250 _aFirst Avid Reader Press trade paperback edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAvid Reader Press,
_c2020.
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _axiii, 288 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction : know thy species --
_gPart I :
_tOrigin stories.
_tWhat we talk about when we talk about prehistory ;
_tOf capacities and tendencies ;
_tA people's history of prehistory ;
_tNoble savages, savage noblemen, and straw cave men --
_tCivilization and its dissonance ;
_tThe empirical strikes back ;
_tThrough an unremembered gate ;
_t"The best people in the world" ;
_tThe art of not being civilized ;
_tMalthusian miscalculations and Hobbesian horror shows ;
_tThe functions of fear ;
_tOn primitive power --
_gPart II:
_tApocalypse always (The NPP in the present).
_tThe myth of the savage savage (declaring war on peace) ;
_tPrimate evidence ;
_tAnthropological and archaeological evidence --
_tThe irrational optimist ;
_tMo better blues ;
_tOn the health of nations ;
_tFood for thought ;
_tLongevity lies and the price of paradise --
_gPart III :
_tReflections in an ancient mirror (being human).
_tThe naturalistic fallacy fallac
_tBorn to be wild --
_tRaising hell --
_tTurbulent teens --
_tAnxious adults ;
_tGood work, if you can get it ;
_tThe price of money ;
_tHow to lose by winning ;
_tRich asshole syndrome (RAS) ;
_tDrunk on dollars --
_gPart IV :
_tA prehistoric path into the future.
_tAll's well that ends well --
_tIn the absence of the sacred ;
_tThe many voices of God ;
_tTurn on, tune in, get better ;
_tOn holy ghosts ;
_tPast progressive --
_tConclusion : a necessary utopia ;
_tThe upside of armageddon ;
_tThe end of all our exploring.
520 _aThe New York Times best selling co-author of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which 'progress' has perverted the way we live: how people eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die.
520 _aPrehistoric life was not without serious dangers and disadvantages: many babies died in infancy; a broken bone, infected wound, snakebite, or difficult pregnancy could be life-threatening. Were these pre-civilized dangers more murderous than modern scourges such as car accidents, cancers, cardiovascular disease, and a technologically prolonged dying process? Ryan counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the "progress" defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease. He makes the claim that we should start looking backward to find our way into a better future. -- adapted from jacket.
650 0 _aProgress.
650 0 _aCivilization, Modern.
650 0 _aPopular culture
_xEffect of technological innovations on.
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