Ideas to Postpone the End of the World: selected essay

Critiques of development and the separation of humanity from the living world. Read his specific arguments alongside the political situations they address.

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How to study this source

• What follows from treating a river only as a resource?

  coreOpening overview and the first section that addresses the pathway question. Stop after 30–45 minutes; this is selected reading.

  Critiques of development and the separation of humanity from the living world. Read his specific arguments alongside the political situations they address.

• What follows from treating a river only as a resource?

  coreIntroduction or preface and opening chapter. Record the edition and translator before reading.

  Critiques of development and the separation of humanity from the living world. Read his specific arguments alongside the political situations they address.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

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