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Paul Shepard wrote Nature and Madness to explore a perplexing question: \"Why do men persist in destroying their habitat?
LB
10 September 2008
Most important work since Darwin
This is one of several brilliant books that Paul Shepard has written which compels the careful reader to strongly reconsider how that last 10,000 years of cultural and behavioral change have impacted an otherwise healthy human psychological unfolding .
HO
24 July 2006
Nature and Madness
One of the most compelling expositions on the subject in the ecological literature genre, this is a powerful work.
GU
7 June 2003
Society is Immature
For those interested in studies of western culture's destructive relationship with nature, this treatise from Paul Shepard is certainly a rewarding read, though I recommend it with some reservations.
GA
11 November 2002
Not his best
I am a big Paul Shepard fan but this book was a disappointment.
DF
4 July 2000
The disjunction from our past and our modern dilemma
Paul Shepard is the seminal thinker/writer in the field of human ecology.
Customer reviews (6)
A reality-altering read
Paul Shepard wrote Nature and Madness to explore a perplexing question: \"Why do men persist in destroying their habitat?
Most important work since Darwin
This is one of several brilliant books that Paul Shepard has written which compels the careful reader to strongly reconsider how that last 10,000 years of cultural and behavioral change have impacted an otherwise healthy human psychological unfolding .
Nature and Madness
One of the most compelling expositions on the subject in the ecological literature genre, this is a powerful work.
Society is Immature
For those interested in studies of western culture's destructive relationship with nature, this treatise from Paul Shepard is certainly a rewarding read, though I recommend it with some reservations.
Not his best
I am a big Paul Shepard fan but this book was a disappointment.
The disjunction from our past and our modern dilemma
Paul Shepard is the seminal thinker/writer in the field of human ecology.