Pierre Rabhi, born in 1938, is a farmer, philosopher and essayist French of Algerian origin. He defends a society more respectful way of man and the earth and supports the development of agricultural practices that respect the environment and preserving natural resources, agro-ecology, particularly in arid countries. Author of numerous books, To the happy sobriety was published in 2010. In the late fifties, Rabbi Peter decides to opt for a return to the earth, to modern civilization that begins to take shape before his eyes, in sinstallant in the Ardèche Cévennes. He sees in France, as the fields to the factory, man alienating labor, money, asked to accept a form of personal annihilation sole purpose that turns the economic machine. The economy is no longer a long pseudo-economy, instead of managing and allocating resources common to humanity by deploying a long-term vision, has merely, in his search for unlimited growth, elevate predation to a science. The economy? It is not long since a pseudo-economy, instead of managing and allocating resources common to humanity by deploying a long-term view, was content in its search unlimited growth of elevate predation to a science. Towards the happy sobriety was written based on these findings and experiences. Sil is one thing I will not contend for Pierre Rabhi, this is his sincerity. Lhomme seems gentle and honest as létait Stéphane Hessel, but both in different areas priori but eventually common, does not tell us much. Their generous ideas are just repeating about already required by other long time. Pierre Rabhi denounces limposture of modernity that denies past achievements but positive, "as if the genius of humanity navait quobscurantisme been before us, ignorance and superstition. "We also find in this small book, a warning against informatization that alienates people, or the realization that time is money. Depressing already open to some, it is never bad to repeat these arguments will tell others. But the biggest across this book in my opinion, this is the unpleasant feeling to read that only an agricultural civilization like the early days of humanity can still save the world. Pierre Rabhi defends in advance for all nostalgia evoking "a bygone world that has reached Lideal but lament that it was born not been considered and enriched positive values of modernity, rather quaboli. "Nevertheless it is difficult to follow during these passages. In conclusion I lai said, the man and his message seems sincere, stop eating for the sake of consuming and adopt a healthy sobriety for the future of our world, is quite commendable. Let this book be read and understood by the younger generations the better, older like me against, is remembered to have already read and heard about these for a long time and that they Nont had no impact on our lives. Alas.
"It was always my difficult to define, describe sobriety as I feel for many years. Into a life option is already much, but this is far den reveal the subtlety. It can be considered as a deliberate posture to protest against the consumer society; this is, in this case, a form of resistance reported to the outrageous consumption. It can be justified by the need to contribute to léquité, in a world where abundance and poverty coexist. "
