The indispensable classic for understanding the origin and nature of civilization and why Western, Indian, Chinese and Mesoamerican societies developed such virtually incompatible worldviews.

Beyond Civilization: The world's four great streams of civilization: their achievements, their differences and their future

History

Chandler, Keith

World

iUniverse

Kett's Rebellion and Other Poems

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Carcanet Pr

The archival Morris films in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (Morris dancing in the South Midlands)

Chandler Publications

Beyond Civilization first produces a definition of civilization which applies to all civilizations and differentiates them from their precivilized predecessors. This is followed by an in-depth comparative study of Western, Indian, Chinese and Mesoamerican civilizations revealing the distinctive mental structures which created their unique styles and modes of thought. Ranging from the high realms of mythology, philosophy and art to the more mundane levels of law, physical discipline and sex, the author gives the 'why' of practices formerly treated only as curious eccentricies. Finally, arguing that civilization is a system of the past in the process of being replaced, the author explores the kind of mind which will creat the next stage in human social evolution: The Postcivilized Mind.

Beyond Civilization: The World's Four Great Streams of Civilization : Their Achievements, Their Differences and Their Future

Rivendell Pub Co

Morris Dancing in the English South Midlands, 1660-1900: A Chronological Gazetteer (Publications of the Folklore Society: Tradition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Hisarlik Pr

The Goldsmith's Apprentice is Keith Chandler's first collection since moving to the West Midlands, an area which, with its industrial and craft heritage, has influenced many of the new poems. As Will Daunt has written in Envoi: "In his craft, Chandler has been patient rather than prolific and is the better writer for it. He has been uncompromising in the development of a style that is literate as it is accessible. He deserves an ever-expanding readership." 'The Goldsmith's Apprentice opens with a wonderful sequence of poems about work. From glassworkers to glass eye fitters, these poems understand the routines and insanities of what people do to earn a crust, revealing with great empathy the impact of industry on lives. This wide-ranging collection moves outwards from there to a broad scope of subjects, from ties to lost campervans, from an old man at the gym to a moving final sequence about a grandchild. Now humorous, now powerful, crammed with good ideas and great endings, these are accessible poems which are deeply engaged with both the ephemera and the big issues of ordinary lives. More than anything, I value them for their great humanity, their understanding of the power of poetry to celebrate the importance of lives lost to history, tough work or a duff education system. To appropriate the ending of a wonderfully moving poem about a nurse, these poems, coming as they do out of the best motivations and the deepest artistic rigour, are The Real Thing: Jonathan Edwards, Winner of The Costa Award for Poetry 'This is a fresh, nuanced and humane collection of poems with its eye and ear to the world - to the world of work in particular, and to the craft of survival. It is a wonderful and generous book. The poems welcome you in and hold your attention with their deftness, attentiveness and joy-in-making.' David Morley, Winner of The Ted Hughes Award

The Goldsmith's Apprentice

Fair Acre Press

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