Manfred Siebker

Manfred Siebker

Edward Goldsmith

Eric Waddell

Peter Bunyard

In this issue

Vol. 7. No. 4. May 1977

EDITORIAL

In Dubio Pro Vita!

FEATURE ARTICLES

Industrial and Post-Industrial Images of Man The author contrasts Industrial Society's image of man in relation to his social and physical environment with that which must underlie a stable post-industrial society.

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Deindustrialising Society The case for de-industrialisation and a strategy for achieving it.

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The Return to Traditional Agriculture The only serious and practicable means of feeding the world.

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FEATURE REVIEW

This Months Authors

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BOOKS

LETTERS

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