Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays
Edward Carpenter
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This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicted. Alongside this influential publication (originally published in 1889), are compiled other essays: Modern Science: A Criticism; The Science of the Future: A Forecast; Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality; Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin; Custom; A Rational and Humane Science; and The New Morality, plus Appendices (notes on various "Pre-Civilised peoples"). - Summary by Jake Malizia (8 hr 23 min)
Chapitres
| Preface to Complete Edition | 8:30 | Lu par Chad Jackson |
| Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 1) | 20:43 | Lu par Robert Sinkiewicz |
| Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 2) | 20:09 | Lu par Robert Sinkiewicz |
| Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 3) | 27:50 | Lu par Robert Sinkiewicz |
| Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure (Part 4) | 31:02 | Lu par Robert Sinkiewicz |
| Modern Science: A Criticism (Part 1) | 35:11 | Lu par Jake Malizia |
| Modern Science: A Criticism (Part 2) | 36:55 | Lu par Jake Malizia |
| The Science of the Future: A Forecast | 36:49 | Lu par czandra |
| Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (Part 1) | 37:09 | Lu par Tina Ding |
| Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (Part 2) | 40:24 | Lu par Tina Ding |
| Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin | 40:24 | Lu par czandra |
| Custom | 19:50 | Lu par czandra |
| A Rational and Humane Science | 52:07 | Lu par Julie Yu |
| The New Morality | 36:00 | Lu par czandra |
| Appendix | 1:00:22 | Lu par Jake Malizia |