The Magic Pipers
Susanna Tamaro
A collection of published articles by Susanna Tamaro, naturalist, novelist, and an acute observer of social transformation. Her thoughtful commentaries often challenge mainstream tendency to entrust our future to science and technology and the falsely promised revendication of human rights.
Who are the Pied Pipers who, in recent decades, have enchanted the world to follow them and abandon their unique realm of ethics? Man is no longer an end in himself but merely a means – and as a means, he can be used in any way unimaginable. The fact that rates of mental disorders, depression, and autoimmune disease are steadily rising no longer alarms anyone. Nor does it trouble people that paganism has made a forceful comeback in our civilization – a paganism that has effectively erased individual responsibility for evil. Good and evil no longer exist, nor does judgement upon our action; even when those actions are heinous, we remain convinced that we are entitled to a happy ending.
In these splendidly written essays, one of Italy’s most beloved and controversial authors reflects on the progressive decline of our civilization, exploring topics like climate change, euthanasia, education and surrogacy.
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