Who is Derrick Jensen
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A Selection of Quotes from Derrick Jensen
"Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don't, people with guns come and force us to pay. That's violent."
"Within this culture wealth is measured by one's ability to consume and destroy."
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The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen takes no prisoners in The Culture of Make Believe, his brilliant and eagerly awaited follow-up to his powerful and lyrical A Language Older Than Words. What begins as an exploration of the lines of thought and experience that run between the massive lynchings in early twentieth-century America to today's death squads in South America soon explodes into an examination of the very heart of our civilization. The Culture of Make Believe is a book that is as impeccably researched....1 point
Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen
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. The companion piece to Derrick Jensen's immensely popular and highly acclaimed works A Language Older Than Words and The Culture of Make Believe, Endgame stands to become Jensen's most influential book. Building on a se...0 points
How Shall I Live My Life?: On Liberating the Earth from Civilization by Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it in this collection of interviews. Whether it is Carolyn Raffensperger and her radical approach to public health, or Thomas Berry on perceiving the sacred; be it Kathleen Dean Moore reminding us that our bodies are made of mountains, rivers, and sunlight; or Vine Deloria asserting that our dreams tell us more about the world than science ever...0 points
Now This War Has Two Sides by Derrick Jensen
Examining the premises of his latest controversial work, Endgame as well as core elements of his ground breaking book Culture of Make Believe, this two hour lecture and discussion offers both a perfect introduction for newcomers and additional insight for those already familiar with Derrick Jensen's work. Whether exposing the ravages of industrial civilization, relaying humorous anecdotes from his life, or bravely presenti...0 points
Endgame, Vol. 2: Resistance by Derrick Jensen
Whereas Volume 1 of Endgame presents the problem of civilization, Volume 2 of this pivotal work illustrates our means of resistance. Incensed and hopeful, impassioned and lucid, Endgame leap-frogs the environmental movement's deadlock over our willingness to change our conduct, focusing instead on our ability to adapt to the impending ecological revolution. Derrick Jensen, activist, author, small farmer, teacher,...0 points
A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen
At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and indeed affects all aspects of life on Earth. This chronicle of a young man's drive to transcend domestic abuse offers a challenging look at our worldwide sense of community and how we can make things better.0 points
Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance, and the Culture of Control by Derrick Jensen, George Draffan
You could call them the Monkeywrench Gang of the nanotech age. Derrick Jensen and George Draffan are taking down the data mining industry, one converted mind at a time. In the face of RFID chips, consumer tracking strategies, and illegal government wiretapping, Jensen and Draffan are determined to show consumers how to fight back against government and industry to regain their rights, their privacy, and their humanity. In their new book, Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance, and the Cul...0 points
Walking On Water: Reading, Writing And Revolution by Derrick Jensen
Remember the days of longing for the hands on the classroom clock to move faster? Most of us would say we love to learn, but we hated school. Why is that? What happens to creativity and individuality as we pass through the educational system? Walking on Water is 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--whe...0 points
Dreams by Derrick Jensen
Jensen's furthest-reaching book yet, Dreams challenges the "destructive nihilism" of writers like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris who believe that there is no reality outside what can be measured using the tools of science. He introduces the mythologies of ancient cultures and modern indigenous peoples as evidence of alternative ways of understanding reality, informed by thinkers such as American Indian writer Jack Forbes, theologian and American Indian rights activist Vine Deloria, Shaman Martin...0 points
Truths Among Us: Conversations on Building a New Culture (Flashpoint Press) by Derrick Jensen
From acclaimed author Derrick Jensen comes a prescient, thought-provoking collection of interviews with 10 leading writers, philosophers, teachers, and activists who argue against society's belief that corporations and governments know what is best for the future, instead choosing to help acknowledge the values we know in our hearts are right-and inspire within us the courage to act on them. Among those who share their wisdom here are acclaimed sociologist Stanley Aronowitz, who shows that science...
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Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet by Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith
For years, Derrick Jensen has asked his audiences, "Do you think this culture will undergo a voluntary transformation to a sane and sustainable way of life?" No one ever says yes.
Deep Green Resistance starts where the environmental movement leaves off: industrial civilization is incompatible with life. Technology can't fix it, and shopping-no matter how green-won't stop it. To save this planet, we need a serious resistance movement that can bring down the industrial economy. Deep Green...0 points
What We Leave Behind by Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay
What We Leave Behind is a piercing, impassioned guide to living a truly responsible life on earth. Human waste, once considered a gift to the soil, has become toxic material that has broken the essential cycle of decay and regeneration. Here, award-winning author Derrick Jensen and activist Aric McBay weave historical analysis and devastatingly beautiful prose to remind us that life-human and nonhuman-will not go on unless we do everything we can to facilitate the most basic process on...0 points
Listening to the Land: Conversations About Nature, Culture and Eros by Derrick Jensen
In this far-ranging and heartening collection, Derrick Jensen gathers conversations with environmentalists, theologians, Native Americans, psychologists, and feminists, engaging some of our best minds in an exploration of more peaceful ways to live on Earth. Included here is Dave Foreman on biodiversity, Matthew Fox on Christianity and nature, Jerry Mander on technology, and Terry Tempest Williams on an erotic connection to the land. With intelligence and compassion, Listening to the Land moves from...0 points
Resistance Against Empire (Flashpoint Press) by Derrick Jensen
A scathing indictment of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, this collection of interviews gathers incendiary insights from 10 of today's most experienced and knowledgeable activists. Whether it's Ramsey Clark describing the long history of military invasion, Alfred McCoy detailing the relationship between CIA activities and the increase in the global heroin trade, Stephen Schwartz reporting the obscene costs of nuclear armaments, or Katharine Albrecht tracing the horrors of the modern surveillance...
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Lives Less Valuable: A Novel (Flashpoint Press) by Derrick Jensen
Putting corporate disregard for ecology on trial, this novel follows Vexcorp, a wealthy corporation that, at a safe distance, counts both the lives of others and the health of the environment as expenses on a balance sheetbut that distance is about to collapse. Malia is an activist who has lost faith in systemic reform, and Dujuan is a street thug torn by grief at his younger sister's death. When Dujuan mugs Malia, she compares him to Vexcorp, triggering a storm inside him. That storm only...
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Derrick Jensen Videos
Derrick Jensen Links
Articles and Interviews with Derrick Jensen as well as links to his official website.
- Derrick Jensen
- The official Derrick Jensen website.
- Briarpatch Magazine
- "It's tremendous fun to fight back": An interview with Derrick Jensen
- Derrick Jensen: Endgame
- The offical site of Endgame, volumes I and II.
- Tearing Down the Master's House
- An Interview with Derrick Jensen by Adam Engel
- Geez Magazine
- Not real animals at the zoo, an exerpt of Derrick Jensen's "Thought to Exist in the Wild"
- Healing the Earth
- Derrick Jensen on Decay, Parasites, and the Wetiko Psychosis - A 4 Part Interview
NEW! Derrick Jensen available on iTunes
| Track | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civilization Can Never Be Sustainable | Derrick Jensen | Now This War Has Two Sides | |
| Why Do You Pay Rent? | Derrick Jensen | Now This War Has Two Sides | |
| How Many Environmentalists Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? | Derrick Jensen | Now This War Has Two Sides | |
| Get Back In the Real World | Derrick Jensen | Now This War Has Two Sides | |
| F**k | Derrick Jensen | Now This War Has Two Sides |
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ShawnMichel
Sep 20, 2008 @ 11:02 pm | delete
- Thanks for this link. I don't agree with everything Jensen says, but I certainly think his points on civilization are very well taken and deserve a hearing.
Best,
Shawn
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The Culture of Make Believe
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Dreams
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My Favorite Derrick Jensen Book
A Language Older Than Words
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