Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of In the Absence of the Sacred

In the Absence of the Sacred
In the Absence of the Sacred
Author: Jerry Mander
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
reviewed on + 6 more book reviews


An outstanding survey of how the modern, Western, technology-worshiping, industrial-civ world view has led the planet to a brink -- and how restoring (Western, ...) humanity's connection to the natural, the sacred, can help. With deep looks at cultures around the world and their struggles to resist the denaturation of imposed Western civ.