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Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist
Paul Kingsnorth
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Description for Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist
Paperback. With lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, this book features essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth's thinking. It articulates a 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. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist, an ardent environmentalist. 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. But as the environmental movement began to focus on 'sustainability' rather than the defence of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. 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 ... Read more
Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist, an ardent environmentalist. 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. But as the environmental movement began to focus on 'sustainability' rather than the defence of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571329694
SKU
9780571329694
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About Paul Kingsnorth
Paul Kingsnorth's debut novel, The Wake, won the 2014 Gordon Burn Prize and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His second, Beast, was described by Jay Griffiths as 'a portrait of the psyche in gaunt, glittering transcendence.' He is also the author of One No, Many Yeses and Real England, and a poetry collection, Kidland. He is the co-founder of ... Read more
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