Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960 ) is an American author and environmental activist from Crescent City , California . Works by him include: A Language Older Than Words , The Culture of Make Believe and Endgame . He has taught creative writing at Eastern Washington University and Pelican Bay State Prison .
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The content of his books is a radical critique of contemporary society and its values. Jensen is of the opinion that civilization is based on violence and is existentially based on it. He claims that modern industrial society is fundamentally at odds with a healthy relationship with the natural environment and indigenous peoples . In A Language Older Than Words , Jensen explores violence in the private sphere in connection with aggression in Western cultures . He concludes that the widespread prevalence of such destructiveness suggests that it is, in fact, at the core of civilization. In The Culture of Make Believe he deals with racism and misogyny .
Jensen's conclusion is that the current Western economic system inevitably leads to hatred and violence. Accordingly, he exhorts his readers to bring about an end to industrial civilization or to accelerate it. Jensen is assigned to the spectrum of predominantly North American post-left anarchism , and many of his positions also coincide with those of eco-anarchism , primitivism and neotribalism .
Works (selection)
- A Language Older Than Words , Context Books, ISBN 9781893956032
- The Culture of Make Believe . Context Books, ISBN 9781893956285
- Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests (with George Draffan), Chelsea Green, ISBN 9781931498456
- Endgame: Civilization as a Problem , Pendo Verlag, ISBN 9783866121928
- The Eco Manifesto: How Only 50 People Can Bring The System Down And Save Our World , Pendo Verlag , ISBN 9783866122154
- Mischief in the Forest: A Yarn Yarn (with Stephanie McMillan), PM Press , ISBN 9781604860818
Compact Disc (CD)
- Derrick Jensen, Standup Tragedy (live double CD), 2002
- The Other Side of Darkness (live CD), 2004
- Now This War Has Two Sides (live CD), PM Press, 2008
See also
Web links
- Information about Derrick Jensen
- Homepage of D. Jensen
- Bringing Down Civilization: An Interview with Derrick Jensen
- Film with D. Jensen, based on his books "Endgame"
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Derrik Jensen . English, accessed April 19, 2013
- ^ Fiction & Anarchism: interview with Derrick Jensen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jensen, Derrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and environmental activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1960 |