A Guide for the Perplexed - E. F. Schumacher

In this philosophical follow-up to Small Is Beautiful, economist E. F. Schumacher explores humanity’s place in the universe and questions the limits of a worldview based solely on scientific materialism. Drawing on philosophy, religion and spiritual traditions, he examines human consciousness, the evolution of life and the different levels of knowledge through which we understand ourselves and the world. Schumacher argues that modern society’s understanding of reality is incomplete without considering meaning, values and spiritual experience. Published posthumously in 1977, this thought-provoking work offers an unconventional challenge to prevailing ideas about progress, knowledge and what it means to be human.