Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780609805367)

In Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there's no one right way to build a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no one right way to make a pair of shoes, but we're convinced that there must be only one right way to live -- and the one we have is it, no matter what.

Beyond Civilization makes practical sense of the vision of Daniel Quinn's best-selling novel Ishmael. Examining ancient civilizations such as the Maya and the Olmec, as well as modern-day microcosms of alternative living like circus societies, Quinn guides us on a quest for a new model for society, one that is forward-thinking and encourages diversity instead of suppressing it. Beyond Civilization is not about a "New World Order" but a "New Personal World Order" that would allow people to assert control over their own destiny and grant them the freedom to create their own way of life right now -- not in some distant utopian future.

Author: Daniel Quinn
ISBN-10: 0609805363
ISBN-13: 9780609805367
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2000
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d