Science, Synthesis, and Sanity

This book is a classic concerning the 'Peckham experiment', a community experiment in England in the 30's, which showed the relativity of our self-concepts of 'being healthy'. Most of us call 'healthy' a state of rigid adaptation that is merely a common 'normality'. A less 'noxious' human environment, warmly and lovingly human, creative and self-directed, with a strong sense of community and freedom leads to far better health, physical and mental. Relevant if you are wondering about what the adult world and school in particular is 'doing to your children'.