"Download Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science PDF Online Illuminates the far-reaching harms of believing that natural means good, from misinformation about health choices to justifications for sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies.People love what's natural: it's the best way to eat, the best way to parent, even the best way to act--naturally, just as nature intended. Appeals to the wisdom of nature are among the most powerful arguments in the history of human thought. Yet Nature (with a capital N) and natural goodness are not objective or scientific. In this groundbreaking book, scholar of religion Alan Levinovitz demonstrates that these beliefs are actually religious and highlights the many dangers of substituting simple myths for complicated realities. It may not seem like a problem when it comes to paying a premium for organic food. But what about condemnations of unnatural sexual activity? The guilt that attends not having a natural birth? Economic deregulation justified by the inherent goodness of natural markets?In Natural, readers embark on an epic journey, from Peruvian rainforests to the backcountry in Yellowstone Park, from a natural bodybuilding competition to a natural cancer-curing clinic. The result is an essential new perspective that shatters faith in Nature's goodness and points to a better alternative. We can love nature without worshipping it, and we can work toward a better world with humility and dialogue rather than taboos and zealotry. "

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Read Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science Ebook Online Illuminates the far-reaching consequences the myth of natural has over our lives, from misinformation about health choices to mistaken justifications of sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies.Modern nature worship shares key elements with most religions: mythology, rituals, and laws. At the center of it all is a god: Nature, with a capital N.Academic and journalist Alan Levinovitz's exploration of this faith takes readers deep into Peruvian jungle, on a tour of a high-tech Dutch greenhouse, wolf-watching in Yellowstone National Park, and into a controversial natural healing retreat. His interdisciplinary approach yields a uniquely comprehensive picture of nature worship, hidden in plain sight: in refrigerators and hospitals, in sports arenas and economic theories. Natural is the first holistic analysis of Nature's influence, along with a reckoning of the sacrifices made in its name--the lives lost, the guilt suffered, the facts distorted. Although natural has become a synonym for holy, the reality is that the so-called appeal to nature fallacy can be extremely dangerous. Far from being a path to earthly paradise, Nature's supposed laws have routinely stood in the way of genuine progress. Unnatural sexual activity is tabooed the goodness of natural markets is used to rationalize the elimination of government regulations. Thankfully, there's a solution. Abandoning the equation between nature and God allows the real natural world to comes into focus: a place where perfection, purity, and simplicity are in shorter supply than we tell ourselves in stories, yet human goodness and ingenuity are empowered to take their place. Nature has immense value, and acting naturally is often a good thing. But, as Levinovitz shows, humans are unnatural animals, and they shouldn't be afraid to embrace our dual nature. Only when we stop worshipping nature can we learn to love what's natural--and stop hating
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Illuminates the far-reaching consequences the myth of natural has over our lives, from misinformation about health choices to
mistaken justifications of sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies.Modern nature worship shares key elements with most
religions: mythology, rituals, and laws. At the center of it all is a god: Nature, with a capital N.Academic and journalist Alan
Levinovitz's exploration of this faith takes readers deep into Peruvian jungle, on a tour of a high-tech Dutch greenhouse, wolf-
watching in Yellowstone National Park, and into a controversial natural healing retreat. His interdisciplinary approach yields a
uniquely comprehensive picture of nature worship, hidden in plain sight: in refrigerators and hospitals, in sports arenas and
economic theories. Natural is the first holistic analysis of Nature's influence, along with a reckoning of the sacrifices made in its
name--the lives lost, the guilt suffered, the facts distorted. Although natural has become a synonym for holy, the reality is that
the so-called appeal to nature fallacy can be extremely dangerous. Far from being a path to earthly paradise, Nature's
supposed laws have routinely stood in the way of genuine progress. Unnatural sexual activity is tabooed the goodness of
natural markets is used to rationalize the elimination of government regulations. Thankfully, there's a solution. Abandoning
the equation between nature and God allows the real natural world to comes into focus: a place where perfection, purity, and
simplicity are in shorter supply than we tell ourselves in stories, yet human goodness and ingenuity are empowered to take
their place. Nature has immense value, and acting naturally is often a good thing. But, as Levinovitz shows, humans are
unnatural animals, and they shouldn't be afraid to embrace our dual nature. Only when we stop worshipping nature can we
learn to love what's natural--and stop hating ourselves in the process.
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