CONTENTS
FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - A HOUSE OF CARDS
Hegemony
Brains, Black Holes and the Enlightenment
The Bridge
A Lethal Cocktail
CHAPTER 2 - A RAVISHED EARTH
Disconnected People
The Pollution Boomerang
Rape of the Forests
Ecocide
The Nectar of Life
A Delayed Reaction
CHAPTER 3 - PROSPERITY IN PERSPECTIVE
Happiness and the Good Life
The Progress Trap
Development and Delusions
The Growth Fantasy
CHAPTER 4 - HOW HISTORY ACCELERATED
All the Time in the World
Signs of Impatience
A Spurt
Acceleration
CHAPTER 5 - ISLAM AND THE NATURAL WORLD
Mobilising Faith
Rediscovering Nature
The Sacred
Islam and Environmental Ethics
Political Economy in Islam
Producing Results
Ilm ul khalq - Knowledge of Creation
Fiqh al biah - Jurisprudence of the Environment
The Shari'a in Perspective
A way forward
CHAPTER 6: SURVIVING THE ANTHROPOCENE
Collapse
What now?
Hope springs eternal
ENDNOTES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY