Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure; and Other Essays

The essays critique modern industrial and moral arrangements as symptomatic of a diseased civilisation, arguing that current social structures produce physical and spiritual ill‑health. They challenge mechanistic scientific theories and advocate a life‑centred science grounded in experience and action rather than abstract laws. The author calls for social reform toward cooperative, nature‑aligned communities, proposes humane approaches to crime and punishment, and sketches a new morality based on organic human needs. Discussions of evolution emphasize use‑and‑disuse and developmental continuity over rigid mechanisms, and an appendix gathers ethnographic observations to contrast pre‑industrial customs with modern norms.