[D66] Endgame - Derrick Jensen

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  Endgame

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Hailed as the philosopher poet of the ecological movement, best-selling 
author Derrick Jensen returns with a passionate forecast of how 
industrial civilization, and the persistent and widespread violence it 
requires, is unsustainable. Jensen’s intricate weaving together of 
history, philosophy, environmentalism, economics, literature and 
psychology has produced a powerful argument that demands attention in 
the tradition of such important books as Herbert Marcuse’s Eros and 
Civilization and Brigid Brophy’s Black Ship to Hell.

In Volume I: The Problem of Civilization, Jensen lays out a series of 
provocative premises, including “Civilization is not and can never be 
sustainable” and “Love does not imply pacifism.” He vividly imagines an 
end to technologized, industrialized civilization and a return to 
agragrian communal life.

If Volume I lays an insightful framework for envisioning a sustainable 
way of life, Volume II: Resistance catapults this discussion into a 
passionate call for action. Using his premises as guidelines for 
exploring real-world problems, Jensen guides us toward concrete 
solutions by focusing on our most primal human desire: to live on a 
healthy earth overflowing with uncut forests, clean rivers, and thriving 
oceans that are not under the constant threat of being destroyed.


    Praise

“‘At the risk of sounding ridiculous,’ Che Guevarra once and rather 
famously declaimed, ‘let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by 
feelings of great love.’ To my mind, he might well have been describing 
Derrick Jensen. No other writer has so clearly and consistently captured 
the essense of Guevarra’s intent, illuminating it in ways of which Che 
himself never dreamed. That /Endgame/ embodies Jensen’s finest work to 
date says all that needs saying about why it simply MUST be read.”
—*Ward Churchill*, author of /Since Predator Came/ and /Struggle for the 
Land/

“Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic 
world. He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a wonderful guide 
to a good life beautifully lived.”
—*Howard Zinn*

“Derrick Jensen is a force for the common good. His books are mandatory 
reading in the study of culture and social change. Derrick Jensen is a 
contemporary philosopher with his feet firmly on the ground.”
—*Terry Tempest Williams*, author of /The Open Space of Democracy/

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