Can Humanity Survive Socialised Birth

The human population has multiplied by one thousand due to agriculture and animal husbandry, but global fertility rates have begun to decrease significantly, making humans an endangered species. Modern ways of being born, such as caesarean rates, have altered the hormonal dance that was previously essential for childbirth, making it highly medicalised. It is still possible to rediscover the basic needs of labouring women and try to ensure the future of our species, but it may be too late to reach utopia.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 06 July 2023
Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd.

The human population has experienced a significant increase due to agriculture and animal husbandry, leading to a "demographic explosion." However, global fertility rates have begun to decrease, raising concerns about the potential endangerment of humans as a species. This shift can be observed in modern ways of being born, where caesarean rates are high and the hormonal dance that was previously essential is altered or eliminated. Today, childbirth needs to be highly medicalized, after thousands of years of misunderstanding of the physiological processes involved. Michel Odent suggests that it may still be possible to rediscover the basic needs of laboring women and ensure the future of our species, even though it may be too late to reach a utopia. He re-evaluates the comparative importance of recently acquired insights from a wide range of highly specialized disciplines to suggest links between data and ways of thinking.

Weight: 152g
Dimension: 216 x 132 x 6 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781780668000