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What's most unusual is that this novel scarcely is one: beneath a thin narrative glaze, it's really a series of Socratic dialogues between man and ape, with the ape as Socrates. The nameless man, who narrates, answers a newspaper ad (``TEACHER seeks pupil...'') that takes him to a shabby office tenanted by a giant gorilla; lo! the ape begins to talk to him telepathically (Quinn's failure to explain this ability is typical of his approach: idea supersedes story). Over several days, the ape, Ishmael, as gruff as his Greek model, drags the man into a new understanding of humanity's place in the world. In a nutshell, Ishmael argues that humanity has evolved two ways of living: There are the ``Leavers,'' or hunter-gatherers (e.g., Bushmen), who live in harmony with the rest of life; and there are the ``Takers'' (our civilization), who arose with the agricultural revolution, aim to conquer the rest of life, and are destroying it in the process. Takers, Ishmael says, have woven a ``story'' to rationalize their conquest; central to this story is the idea that humanity is flawed--e.g., as told in the Bible. But not so, Ishmael proclaims; only the Taker way is flawed: Leavers offer a method for living well in the world ... A washout as a story, with zero emotional punch; but of substantial intellectual appeal as the extensive Q&A passages (despite their wild generalities and smug self-assurance) invariably challenge and provoke: both Socrates and King Kong might be pleased. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- Lawrence Rungren, Bedford Free P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Ishmael, a gorilla who lives in a flat and is offering seminar lessons, expresses his view on humans. From this humorous perspective, Daniel Quinn goes back to the roots of civilization. He examines the early chapters of the Bible, offers alternative meanings and explanations. He explains the differences between tribalism and modern civilization, but does not tell the reader how to life (he attempts that in one of his later works, "Beyond Civilization").
If you read this book you will understand why you are the way society has made you. If everybody reads this book and uses the knowledge gained (subconsciously) to teach the next generation, humanity may still have the hope not to destroy itself. A must-read for every human being who might raise kids.
We live from day-to-day, unaware of our cultural mythology that tells us it's OK to keep consuming, destroying the environment, producing more food and multiplying our population at insanely unhealthy levels. It's a mythology folks! Quinn isn't saying that humanity is BAD, and that there are no solutions; rather, he's encouraging us to understand that our current way of functioning exists in a mythological construct, and that "our culture" is only one of tens of thousands of cultures that have existed on earth ... almost all of them in harmony with nature.
We can create a new culture with a new vision. That's his message.
To all those who scream about how horrible the book is, face your fear. Face the reality of your day-to-day decisions. Face the truth of environmental desecration. Don't blame the messenger when you don't like the message.
I can tell you what the story obviously is about.
But not on the philosopic level. Lesen Sie weiter...
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