The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has recently published Joseph Pearce's Small Is Still Beautiful, a re-examination of E.F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful. Schumacher's book was a call for human-scale, decentralized economies and convivial (to borrow Illich's term) technologies. From the book's website:

Joseph Pearce revisits Schumacher’s arguments and examines the multifarious ways in which Schumacher’s ideas themselves still matter. Faced though we are with fearful new technological possibilities and the continued centralization of power in large governmental and economic structures, there is still the possibility of pursuing a saner and more sustainable vision for humanity. Bigger is not always best, Pearce reminds us, and small is still beautiful.

Additionally, ISI will be hosting a group blog to discuss the group, including Jeremy Beer and Clark Stooksbury, among others.

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