Simple Living in History - Pioneers of the Deep Future

This book chronicles the philosophy of `simple living' through the ages, from Aristotle and The Stoics to the Amish, William Morris and John Seymour. The dominant culture of industrial civilisation is highly materialistic, holding up Western-style, consumer lifestyles as the path to happiness and fulfilment. But consumer lifestyles are failing to satisfy the human craving for meaning, and they are degrading our planet in ways that are grossly unsustainable and unjust. We desperately need to explore or rediscover less materialistic, ?simpler? ways of living. ?Simple living? refers to ways of life based on notions such as frugality, sufficiency, moderation, and mindfulness....