Interweaving political, historical, philosophical, and deeply personal perspectives, Jensen attempts to understand the atrocities that characterize so much of our culture, from lynchings in early 20th-century America to death squads in South America to the destruction of the natural world. Illustrations.
A cross between memoir and historical critique, Jensen's book, primarily a story of domestic abuse, sweeps far and wide in its discussions of environmental, social, and political excesses.
Building on a series of simple but increasingly provocative premises, Jensen leaves readers hoping for what may be inevitable: a return to agrarian communal life via the disintegration of civilization itself.
A startling and provocative look at teaching, writing, creativity and life by a writer increasingly recognized for his passionate and articulate critique of modern civilization. This time Derrick Jensen brings us into his classroom - whether college or maximum security prison - where he teaches writing. He reveals how schools perpetuate the great ...
"This compelling book has a refreshing style, at once very personal and very passionate."--Library Journal "Jensen and McBay's message that we need to grow up and 'put away the childish notion that we have the right to take whatever we want from nonhumans' is eminently reasonable."--Publishers Weekly "Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of ...
Jensen conducts 28 provocative, insightful conversations with ecologists, anthropologists, feminists, cultural critics, Native Americans, writers, and other philosophers, seeking answers to urgent questions for our time. What results is a noteworthy book of eco-sensibilites and a profound contribution to our understanding of how we are, and can be ...
Basing much of "Not in His Image" on the Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings, John Lamb Lash explains how a little-known messianic sect propelled itself into a dominant world power, systematically wiping out the great Gnostic spiritual teachers, the Druid priests, and the shamanistic healers of Europe and North Africa. They burned libraries and ...
Jensen and Draffan look at the way machine readable devices that track our identities and purchases have infiltrated our lives and have come to define our culture.
Derrick Jensen, prize-winning author of "A Language Older than Words" and "The Culture of Make Believe," and George Draffan, activist, researcher, and co-author with Jensen of "Railroads & Clearcuts," collaborate again to expose the escalating global war on trees. Ever since Gilgamesh cut down the ancient cedar forests of Mesopotamia, ...
Two of America's most talented activists team up to deliver a bold and hilarious satire of modern environmental policy in this fully illustrated graphic novel. The US government gives robot machines from space permission to eat the earth in exchange for bricks of gold. A one-eyed bunny rescues his friends from a corporate animal testing laboratory ...
Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it in this collection of interviews.
A serial killer stalks the streets of Spokane, acting out a misogynist script from the dark heart of this culture. Across town, a writer named Derrick has spent his life tracking the reasons--political, psychological, spiritual--for the sadism of modern civilization. And through the grim nights, Nika, a trafficked woman, tries to survive the ...
Combining stunning photos with a deeply moving essay, this book presents a passionate and unflinching exploration of zoos and what they teach us about animals, ourselves, and our relationship to the wild. This compelling work paints an unforgettable portrait not only of -life on the inside+, but of our views of the natural world and our place in ...
In this sequel to "A Language Older Than Words, " a provocative collection of visions of a viable future is based on interviews with prominent thinkers of today.
Here for the first time is Derrick Jensen live, recorded at one of his many standing-room only performances. Speaking in almost improvisational style, Jensen explores the nature of injustice, of what civilizations do to the natural world, and how, in the face of the resulting horror that is one of the all too apparent consequences of grave ...
Examining the premises and core elements of his controversial and groundbreaking books, this two-hour lecture and discussion spotlights author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen. Providing a perfect introduction for newcomers as well as additional insight for those already familiar with Jensen's work, this argument courageously exposes the ...
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