Civilization at a dead end
Plea for humane treatment of animals
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1st edition 2012, hardcover with dust jacket
13.5 x 21.5 cm, 262 pp.
ISBN-978-3-86374-054-2
Are we still living in a way that is appropriate for our species? We live in anonymous urban centers, toil in large companies with no connection to the fruits of our labor, and often have to give up our family and home ties for the sake of our jobs - are we in danger of losing our humanity in the truest sense of the word?
In the so-called civilized countries of the western type, almost one in four people is mentally ill; stress-related complaints, depression and burnout syndrome are on the rise. This is no wonder, says evolutionary researcher Prof. Franz M. Wuketits - after all, work and everyday life require a level of flexibility from the individual that is not at all in keeping with human nature. Our souls are being "uprooted" - with unforeseeable consequences for the individual as well as for the collective.
We need to treat people in a way that is "appropriate for their species"! Wuketits demands that society, politics and the economy take seriously the - in some cases groundbreaking - scientific findings of the last few decades about the nature and needs of humans. Every critical reader will find his or her own unease about the development of our society expressed in this book, but will also recognize possible new paths for our future based on concrete and easily understandable examples. Ultimately, everyone must realize that the structures that need to be "broken down" and redesigned also require our own insight and initiative.
"We cannot go back to the Stone Age – but we can think about how we can do justice to the 'Stone Age man in us' again!"
Prof. Dr. Franz M. Wuketits
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