Does It Matter? Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

By Alan Watts

Watts turns his attention to the physical world — money, food, clothing, technology, cities — and finds that a culture claiming to be materialist is in fact contemptuous of matter, rushing past it rather than enjoying it. The essays range from the economics of abundance to the pleasures of proper cooking. Written in 1970, its ecological arguments have only sharpened with time.