Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays - Free Audiobook

Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Edward Carpenter,

Language: English

1 / 15Preface to Complete Edition

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15 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Preface to Complete Edition
  • 2. Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 1)
  • 3. Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 2)
  • 4. Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 3)
  • 5. Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 4)
  • 6. Modern Science: A Criticism (Part 1)
  • 7. Modern Science: A Criticism (Part 2)
  • 8. The Science of the Future: A Forecast
  • 9. Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (Part 1)
  • 10. Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (Part 2)
  • 11. Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin
  • 12. Custom
  • 13. A Rational and Humane Science
  • 14. The New Morality
  • 15. Appendix

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This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicted. Alongside this influential publication (originally published in 1889), are compiled other essays: Modern Science: A Criticism; The Science of the Future: A Forecast; Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality; Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin; Custom; A Rational and Humane Science; and The New Morality, plus Appendices (notes on various "Pre-Civilised peoples"). - Summary by Jake Malizia

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