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Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure
Edward Carpenter · Mysticism · 1889 CE
9 chapters
Edward Carpenter's Fabian-era diagnosis of civilisation as a disease phase in humanity's growth — a sustained, mystical critique of industrial society, property, science, and conventional morality, with companion essays on the outlines of a redeemed future.
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Contents
- 1Preface to the Complete Edition
- 2Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure
- 3Modern Science: A Criticism
- 4The Science of the Future: A Forecast
- 5Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality
- 6Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin
- 7Custom
- 8A Rational and Humane Science
- 9The New Morality
