On its publication shortly after Dr. Schumacher's death, this thought-provoking and important book was described by one reviewer as 'last words to a muddled world from one of its few members who saw clearly'. In SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL, the author proposed a dramatically new perspective on economics; A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED goes further, and deeper, to examine Man's relationship not just with his immediate environment but with his own evolution and his profoundest beliefs about the universe. Both as Schumacher's personal testament and as a brilliantly-argued reframing of humanity's view of itself, A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED is essential—perhaps urgent—reading.