In Defence of Life
Essays on a Radical Reworking of Green Wisdom
1st Edition
Published on 29. November 2013
172 pages
978-1-78279-256-7 (ISBN)
Description
Julian Rose presents a penetrating series of essays calling for urgent action to overcome the perilous state of our planet, at the local as well as global level. He both guides and challenges his readers to share with him a journey through the matrix-maze, and to come out at the other end a more aware and more self-assured human being. Drawing upon his life experiences as a farmer, campaigner, artist and social entrepreneur, Julian brings to our consciousness a way to break through the destructive patterns of our consumer-obsessed society and discover a simpler and more fulfilling way forward. Using essays exploring a wide range of pressing planetary concerns, he calls upon his readers to utilise the largely untapped power of their deeper instincts in coming to the aid of a severely depleted global environment and in striving for the amelioration of mankind's perilous human condition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
2,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78279-256-7 (9781782792567)
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11/2013
Earth Books
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Person
Julian Rose is an early pioneer of UK organic farming, an actor and a writer. He has broadcast regularly with the BBC and authored hundreds of articles on "green" issues. He is currently President of The International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside. He lives in Whitchurch on Thames, UK.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Breaking the Cult of Passivity
- 2. Unmasking the Real Terrorists
- 3. The Organic Chimera
- 4. The Proximity Principle
- 5. Letters to Consumers and Farmers
- 6. Who Owns the Food Chain?
- 7. The Battle to Save the Polish Countryside
- 8. Poland, Solidarity and the Third Way: A Time of Destiny
- 9. The Pot of Gold and the European Union
- 10. Genetically Modified Morals
- 11. Spirit of Rebellion - Rebellion of the Spirit
- 12. The Eternal Present: Energy and Time
- 13. The Human Animal
- 14. Health, Balance and the Life Force
- 15. European "Super-State" - One Step Closer or Imminent Collapse?
- 16. You Can't Eat Gold
- 17. Reuniting the Spiritual and the Practical
- 18. Financial Collapse and the Reversion to the Local
- 19. From Immaculate Conception to Genetic Deception
- 20. In the Vortex
- 21. Why Hasn't the Revolution Already Happened?
- 22. The Illusory Pleasures of Slavery
- 23. Going Back to Our Roots
- 24. The Essential Counterpoint
