In Beyond Civilization Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there s no one right way to build a bicycle no one right way to design an automobile no one right way to make a pair of shoes but we re convinced that there must be only one right way to live -- and the one we have is it no matter what. Beyond Civilization makes practical sense of the vision of Daniel Quinn s best-selling novel Ishmael. Examining ancient civilizations such as the Maya and the Olmec as well as modern-day microcosms of alternative living like circus societies Quinn guides us on a quest for a new model for society one that is forward-thinking and encourages diversity instead of suppressing it. Beyond Civilization is not about a New World Order but a New Personal World Order that would allow people to assert control over their own destiny and grant them the freedom to create their own way of life right now -- not in some distant utopian future.