Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (568 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555977804 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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The overall effect is necessarily grim, but often remarkably uplifting as well. Every essay provides food for thought and given a chance, can rearrange the way you view things. “Kingsnorth writes with undeniable love: for the planet, for locations and histories, and for people. In a world on the brink of collapse, Kingsnorth offers humor, compassion, humility and wisdom.”Shelf Awareness“A brilliant and sobering collection recommended for anyone, liberal or conservative, concerned about the runaw
He is cofounder of the Dark Mountain Project, a global network of writers, artists, and thinkers in search of new stories for a world on the brink. . Paul Kingsnorth is the author of Beast and The Wake, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize
But as the environmental movement began to focus on “sustainability” rather than the defense of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. In them he articulates a new vision that he calls “dark ecology,” which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds.This iconoclastic, fearless, and ultimately hopeful book, which includes the much-discussed “Uncivilization” manifesto, asks hard questions about how we’ve lived and how we should live.. A provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in “an age of ecocide”Paul Kingsnorth was once an activistan ardent environmentalist. He gave up what he saw as the false hope that residents of the First World would ever make the kind of sacrifices that might avert the severe consequences of climate ch