Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
By: Christopher Ryan
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Progress, the basic illusion of our age, is exhausted. Kids typically no longer expect their lives …
Want to Read $ 2.99"When you're going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need."-Christopher Ryan, Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
"When you're going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need."-Christopher Ryan, Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
"The depiction of human nature embedded in the NPP isn't science; it's a marketing campaign for the status quo. The politics of perpetual fear is corrosive to our well-being and our innate capacities for cooperation, community, and kindness. Fear of terrorists, fear of running out of money, fear of getting old, fear of strangers, fear of death, fear of sharks, fear of being hit by lightning, fear of fear itself. It keeps us quiet and complacent in our supposedly protective cages."-Christopher Ryan, Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
"The depiction of human nature embedded in the NPP isn't science; it's a marketing campaign for the status quo. The politics of perpetual fear is corrosive to our well-being and our innate capacities for cooperation, community, and kindness. Fear of terrorists, fear of running out of money, fear of getting old, fear of strangers, fear of death, fear of sharks, fear of being hit by lightning, fear of fear itself. It keeps us quiet and complacent in our supposedly protective cages."-Christopher Ryan, Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
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