Making Wonderful: Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe by Tweedale, Martin

Making Wonderful: Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe

In Making Wonderful, Martin M. Tweedale tells how an ideology in the West energized an economic expansion...
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Making Wonderful: Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe by Tweedale, Martin

Making Wonderful: Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe

¥18,008

Making Wonderful: Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe

¥18,008
Author: Martin Tweedale
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In Making Wonderful, Martin M. Tweedale tells how an ideology in the West energized an economic expansion that has led to ecological disaster. He takes us back to the rise of cities and autocratic rulers, analyzing how respect for custom and tradition gave way to the dominance of top-down rational planning and organization. Then in response came a highly attractive myth of an eventual future rid of all of humankind's ills, one in which life would be "made wonderful." Originating in Zoroastrianism and, through Jewish apocalyptic works, flowing into early Christianity, this myth produced utopian beliefs that set the West apart from the other civilizations. Tweedale shows how these beliefs became popular among Western elites in the early modern period and eventually resulted in the distinctly Western doctrine of progress. This doctrine, an almost religious faith in the capacity of science and technology to improve human life, released economic expansion from traditional constraints and has led to our current environmental emergency. Exploring sources from philosophy, religion, and the history of ideas, Making Wonderful is for all readers who are intellectually curious about the roots of our eco-catastrophe.



Author: Martin Tweedale
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 03/13/2023
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.83w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9781772126242

About the Author
Martin M. Tweedale holds a BA from Princeton and a PhD from UCLA, where he specialized in medieval and ancient Western philosophy. He has published extensively in these areas as well as metaphysics. Before coming to the University of Alberta, he taught at the University of Pittsburgh, UCLA, and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is a life-long supporter of efforts to preserve the natural environment.

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