Greening the Past argues that western civilization is rapidly
approaching a crisis unique in world history, and that a new world-view
now emerging is best encapsulated by a Green, anarchist-ecological
analysis. The approach outlined in this book embraces general systems
theory and recent discoveries in physics as well as key philosophical
issues such as the nature of time, objectivity and causality, and an
eco-psychological view of human nature. It includes new interpretations
of the place of myth and language in historical writing and urges a
re-evaluation of the dialectical method.