The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial AgeA harrowing but ultimately hopeful vision of the aftermath of the age of oil. |
Contents
The End of the Industrial Age | 1 |
The Stories We Tell Ourselves | 35 |
Briefing for the Descent | 73 |
Facing the Deindustrial Age | 113 |
Tools for the Transition | 157 |
The Spiritual Dimension | 191 |
Afterword | 221 |
How Civilizations Fall A Theory of Catabolic Collapse | 225 |
| 241 | |
Notes | 249 |
| 255 | |
About the Author | 259 |
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The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age John Michael Greer Limited preview - 2008 |
The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age John Michael Greer No preview available - 2008 |
The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age John Michael Greer No preview available - 2019 |
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