Being a Human : Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness Paperback / softback
by CHARLES FOSTER
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A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'A thrilling deep-dive through our evolutionary past, and a witty and learned commentary on why we are the way we are - and what wisdom we've lost along the way' Cal Flynn, author of Islands of Abandonment'A wild ride: brave, outrageous, hilarious, helpful and urgent ... essential reading' Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled LivesWhat kind of creature is a human?
If we don't know what we are, how can we know how to act?
Charles Foster sets out to understand what a human is, inhabiting the sensory worlds of humans at three pivotal moments in our history. Foster begins his quest with his son in a Derbyshire wood, trying to find a way of experiencing the world that recognises the deep expanse of time when we understood ourselves as hunter-gatherers, and when modern consciousness was first ignited.
From there he travels to the Neolithic, a way of being defined by fences, farms, sky gods and slaughterhouses, and finally to the Enlightenment, when we decided that the universe was a machine and we were soulless cogs within it.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages, 3/4 images scattered throughout
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:02/06/2022
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- ISBN:9781788167185
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages, 3/4 images scattered throughout
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:02/06/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781788167185