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What We Lost: Natural adults and the world they inhabited

by Howdie Mickoski

Coming of age and the loss of older ways

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Coming of age and the loss of older ways

Howdie Mickoski’s book links adulthood to more than age, raising questions about qualities such as integrity, empathy, and critical thinking. It examines the disappearance of ancient coming-of-age ceremonies alongside changes in community life and humanity’s relationship with the natural world. The account places a major shift around 12,000 years ago, associating it with the rise of agriculture and civilization. Its organizing idea is loss: the book considers both the practices and forms of life that have faded and the forces it says obscure that history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in coming-of-age traditions and conceptions of adulthood
  • Readers exploring critiques of agriculture and civilization
  • Readers drawn to themes of community and connection with the natural world

Themes

Adulthood and maturityComing-of-age ceremoniesAgriculture and civilizationCommunity and nature

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Book overview

Among the billions of people over the age of 20, how many can truly be called adults? Not only defined by age, but by words like integrity, empathy, or critical thinking? Ten percent? Five percent? And why is this the case?

 

This book is about loss. The loss of natural adults, and of the ancient coming-of-age ceremonies that helped generate them. It is also about the loss of the balanced reality that required them, the harmonious communities they fostered, and the connection with the natural world that this entailed.

 

The shift began roughly 12,000 years ago, with the rise of two forces that reshaped human life: agriculture and civilization. To regain what was lost, one needs to see both the lost elements as well as the covering that has tried to hide it.

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