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Long Descent A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age

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ISBN-10: 0865716099

ISBN-13: 9780865716094

Edition: 2008

Authors: John Michael Greer

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Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices, and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear that now the times are different and the crisis may not easily be resolved. The Long Descent examines the basis of such fear through three core themes: Industrial society is following the same well-worn path that has led other civilizations into decline, a path involving a much slower and more complex transformation than the sudden catastrophes imagined by so many social critics today. The roots of the crisis lie in the cultural stories that shape the way we understand the world. Since problems…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Limited
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Shaun R. Harper is on the faculty in the Graduate School of Education, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also serves as director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education. He is co�founder of the Penn GSE Black Male Grad Prep Academy, an initiative that prepares undergraduate men for doctoral study in education fields. Professor Harper maintains an active research agenda that examines race and gender in higher education, Black male college access and achievement, and college student engagement. He is author of over 80 peer-�reviewed journal articles and other academic publications. His 10 books include Student Engagement…    

Preface
The End of the Industrial Age
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Briefing for the Descent
Facing the Deindustrial Age
Tools for the Transition
The Spiritual Dimension
Afterword
How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author