Too smart for our own good: the ecological predicament of humankind
Dilworth, Craig
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
- xv, 530 p.
We are destroying our natural environment at an increasing pace, and undermining the preconditions of our own existence. This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behaviour is rooted in our nature as a species. Drawing on evolution theory, biology, anthropology, archaeology, economics, environmental science and history, this book explains our ecological predicament by placing it in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind's development, taking over where Darwin left off. The theory presented is applied to our seven-million-year history. Due to its extensiveness, its glossary and index, this book functions as a compact encyclop'dia covering the whole development of Homo sapiens. It would also suit many courses in the life and social sciences. Most importantly, The Ecological Predicament makes evident the core of the paradigm to which our species must shift if it is to survive. Anyone concerned about the future of humankind should read this groundbreaking work. (Source: www.alibris.com)