The Culture of Make Believe
- ISBN-10
- 1603581839
- ISBN-13
- 9781603581837
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 720
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-03-01
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing
- Author
- Derrick Jensen
Description
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 as it is moving, with conclusions as far-reaching as they are shocking.
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