Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World by Usher, M. D.
Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World by Usher, M. D.

Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World

In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what...
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Author: M. D. Usher
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Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World by Usher, M. D.

Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World

$120.57
Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World by Usher, M. D.

Following Nature's Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World

$120.57
Author: M. D. Usher
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable world

How should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and wide-ranging book, classicist and farmer M. D. Usher brings together ancient, indigenous, and modern ideas about how to live in this world and describes how we might begin to reconnect with Nature and heal our damaged planet and lives. The ancients hewed close to Nature, the source of their survival, in ways that most of us can scarcely conceive of today, and ancient philosophy often argues that humans should follow Nature's lead. Usher makes the case that Nature's resilience can serve as a model for our own responses to climate trauma and all the other harms caused by modern lifestyles.

Drawing on philosophy, science, economics, art, literature, history, and religion, Following Nature's Lead is both an indictment of human overreach and a celebration of human ingenuity and the adaptability of Nature. Here, Plato meets German biologist Jakob von Uexk?ll, Lucretius illuminates King Lear, and Diogenes the Cynic crosses swords with Henry Thoreau.

Filled with vital and inspiring insights, Following Nature's Lead shows how the ancients can help teach us to live in accordance with Nature--and why it's essential for human survival that we learn to do so without delay.

Author: M. D. Usher
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780691249209

About the Author
M. D. Usher is the Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature and a member of the Department of Geography and Geosciences, the Environmental Program, and the Food Systems Graduate Program at the University of Vermont. His books include Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations: Ancient Guides to Living with Nature and three books in Princeton's Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, including How to Care about Animals and How to Be a Farmer. Usher and his wife own and operate a farm in Shoreham, Vermont.
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