A large work, Pantheon - Edition 2021, 1071 pages. The startling view can already be seen from the cover. The author speaks plainly (humans as a “weed” and “catastrophe on two legs”). But unfortunately the books by Hans Hass and Irenaeus Eibl-Eibesfeld (1977), for example, had little impact. Even better known are the meritorious activities of the "Club of Rome" (report "The Limits to Growth", 1972). However, there is still far too little trading going on around the world. An astonishingly clairvoyant balance can be found in this book in the Sanskrit poem "Ramayana", quote: "In the beginning there was water; then divine beings divided the floods, created a turtle and placed it in the primeval ocean. Plants began to sprout on the turtle's mighty back; rivers and lakes, mountains and valleys were formed." This is how Bali came into being, according to the island's own creation myth. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Non-fiction books   |   Material: Papier   |   Country of origin: Bavaria, Germany   |   Artist: Matthias Glaubrecht | Similar pieces