Civilized To Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan

Civilized To Death: The Price of Progress

Christopher Ryan

9 hours, 20 minutes first pub 2018 (view editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who question the true cost of modern progress and are drawn to re-examining history through a critical, anthropological lens.

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The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized,...

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