{"product_id":"human-scale-revisited-isbn-9781603587129","title":"Human Scale Revisited","description":"Big government, big business, big everything: Kirkpatrick Sale took giantism to task in his 1980 classic, \u003ci\u003eHuman Scale\u003c\/i\u003e, and today takes a new look at how the crises that imperil modern America are the inevitable result of bigness grown out of control—and what can be done about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a keenly updated, carefully argued case for bringing human endeavors back to scales we can comprehend and manage—whether in our built environments, our politics, our business endeavors, our energy plans, or our mobility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSale walks readers back through history to a time when buildings were scaled to the human figure (as was the Parthenon), democracies were scaled to the societies they served, and enterprise was scaled to communities. Against that backdrop, he dissects the bigger-is-better paradigm that has defined modern times and brought civilization to a crisis point. Says Sale, retreating from our calamity will take rebalancing our relationship to the environment; adopting more human-scale technologies; right-sizing our buildings, communities, and cities; and bringing our critical services—from energy, food, and garbage collection to transportation, health, and education—back to human scale as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e by E. F. Schumacher, \u003ci\u003eHuman Scale\u003c\/i\u003e has long been a classic of modern decentralist thought and communitarian values—a key tool in the kit of those trying to localize, create meaningful governance in bioregions, or rethink our reverence of and dependence on growth, financially and otherwise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRewritten to interpret the past few decades, \u003ci\u003eHuman Scale\u003c\/i\u003e offers compelling new insights on how to turn away from the giantism that has caused escalating ecological distress and inequality, dysfunctional governments, and unending warfare and shines a light on many possible pathways that could allow us to scale down, survive, and thrive.“Like Schumacher’s \u003ci\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e but packed with countless examples and careful theory on how to create a truly democratic community from the bottom up, Sale’s charming update of his classic \u003ci\u003eHuman Scale\u003c\/i\u003e is the best single book on how to build a localist world. A must read!”\u003cb\u003e—Gar Alperovitz, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Then Must We Do?\u003c\/i\u003e; cofounder, The Democracy Collaborative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHuman Scale\u003c\/i\u003e was once ahead of its time, but this updated edition is just in time. While the mainstream assumes that the worldwide grassroots repudiation of globalization will mean war, racism, and poverty, Kirkpatrick Sale’s classic book shows how true localization can lay the foundation for peace, harmony, and prosperity. This is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about replacing Big Brother with small-scale democracy.”\u003cb\u003e—Michael H. Shuman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Local Economy Solution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Is it possible to improve a classic? Kirkpatrick Sale has done so with this erudite, provocative, and, ultimately, \u003ci\u003ehopeful\u003c\/i\u003e exploration of human-scale alternatives to soul-deadening Bigness in agriculture, architecture, business, education, government. . . . You name it, Sale knows it.”\u003cb\u003e—Bill Kauffman, author of \u003ci\u003eBye-Bye, Miss American Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the Muckdog Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The modern world is dysfunctional because, in part, it is scaled for the convenience of machines and despots and not us…A provocative book with many points to ponder the next time you're caught in traffic or on hold with the insurance claims department.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eKirkpatrick Sale is a prolific scholar and author of more than a dozen books—including \u003ci\u003eHuman Scale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRebels Against the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter Eden:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Human Domination. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been described as the “leader of the Neo-Luddites,” is one of the pioneers of the bioregional movement, and throughout his career has been a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCounterPunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLew Rockwell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Utne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, which named him one of 100 living visionaries. Sale is currently the director of the political think tank the Middlebury Institute for the study of separatism, secession, and self-determination.","brand":"Chelsea Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233246720229,"sku":"NP9781603587129","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781603587129.jpg?v=1767729524","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/human-scale-revisited-isbn-9781603587129","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}