Natural : the seductive myth of nature's goodness By Alan Levinovitz.

By:

Levinovitz, Alan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Profile Books, c2020.Edition: 1Description: 252 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781788161992

Subject(s):

Philosophy of nature

DDC classification:

113 LEV-N

Contents:

Part I. Myth. In the beginning -- The true vine -- States of nature -- Part II. Ritual. Hey Bear! -- Let food be thy medicine -- Deepak Chopra's condo -- Part III. Law. The invisible hand -- The rhythm -- God-given talent -- Afterword: Salvation.

Summary: Why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false idol - our oldest, most persistent superstition. In this sparking and mind-expanding essay, a scholar of religion shows where that ancient delusion came from and how we can at last break free of it

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	113 LEV-N (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DCB3911

Part I. Myth. In the beginning --
The true vine --
States of nature --
Part II. Ritual. Hey Bear! --
Let food be thy medicine --
Deepak Chopra's condo --
Part III. Law. The invisible hand --
The rhythm --
God-given talent --
Afterword: Salvation.

Why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false idol - our oldest, most persistent superstition. In this sparking and mind-expanding essay, a scholar of religion shows where that ancient delusion came from and how we can at last break free of it

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