Pour P. Rabhi, seul le choix de la modération des besoins et des désirs de l'homme, le choix d'une sobriété libératrice et volontairement consentie, peut permettre de rompre avec la culture de la consommation qui prédomine et de remettre l'humain et la nature au centre des préoccupations de l'homme. ©Electre 2025
The power of restraint
The current crisis clearly demonstrates that our model of society has reached its limits. The time has come to recognize that our affluent societies have more than enough to meet their essential material needs - provided it is done fairly. The time has also come to question whether we are going to live with less, rather than more, money. We have the necessary means to do so, provided we accept this as an irrevocable principle of our lives. Rather than losing heart, this crisis can instead awaken within us unprecedented creative forces so that together, we can construct a satisfying world for heart, mind, and spirit.
In the face of a joyless society of overabundance, the « power of restraint » represents a realistic alternative. As a liberating moral and physical force, it is a political act of legitimate resistance to this juggernaut that is destroying the planet and isolating the individual. The time has come to break free of these bulimic habits and the constant quest for more and more. Pierre Rabhi adopted this way of life many years ago ; he offers us a form of simplicity and gratitude that gives meaning to our existence, along with a unique sense of lightness : the power of restraint.
Paru le : 04/10/2017
Thématique : Sociologie de la famille et des générations Récits de vie
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Pierre Rabhi
Éditeur(s) :
Actes Sud
Collection(s) : Tomorrow
Contributeur(s) : Traducteur : Lisa Davidson
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-330-08126-3
EAN13 : 9782330081263
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 105
Hauteur: 19.0 cm / Largeur 14.0 cm
Épaisseur: 0.8 cm
Poids: 142 g
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