How Shall I Live My Life?: On Liberating the Earth from Civilization (PM Press)

• Publisher:   PM Press
• Number Of Pages:   304
• Publication Date:   2008-07-28
• ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1604860030
• ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781604860030

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 can, the activists and philosophers interviewed in How Shall I Live My Life? each bravely present a few of the endless forms that resistance can and must take.

Civilized life, is it really the only option? "How Shall I Live My Life?: On Liberating the Earth From Civilization" takes an original and revolutionary approach to the health concerns many Americans face. Saying that humanity is made for a more uncivilized life, in tune with nature, he offers a possible new way for people to live their lives, one that manages to be oxymoronically traditional and untraditional at the same time. "How Shall I Live My Life?" is intriguing and enlightening, making it a solid read and a recommended edition to personal Self-Help/Self-Improvement reading lists and community library reference collections.

Recycled old interviews. Nicely done, as such. I am giving only one star because the book does not deliver what the title implies. The book is long on discussion of the problems with the dominant culture, and very short on "liberating the Earth from civilization."

Derrick Jensen selected an amazing range of diverse people, in a way that seems to tie them all together, like different colors of threads in a blanket.
Many of different people's answers finally answered some of my 30 years lingering questions collecting dust. Many of my personal observation of the world were finally aligned with other's similar observations and it's now in print. For example; Jan Lundberg commented how it's too bad that economics and the real world so rarely intersect. After meeting so many people trying to convince me that more business, more money, more junk is the way to go, it's truly validating to have all of DJ's interviewees to confirm what I've suspected all along.
Another great example, regarding to problematic relationships in the modern world; David Abram: Another human cannot possibly provide all of the outrageously diverse and vital nourishment with dragonflies and swallowtails and stones and lichen and wolves. It's just not possible. We used to carry on personal relationships with the sun and the moon and the stars!
Derrick's interview was refreshing in that he bravely counterattacked some people reminding them alternative views that even that they did not think of, thus challenging them to stretch their own minds a bit. At last, interviewing a Native American Indian lawyer, named Vine Deloria blew me away with stories of multiple tribes; once again, confirming a lot of what I knew deep down but had no direct proof but my own intuition. I find this reader friendly and great for holiday or birthday gifts for those who care about our world.
Thanks, Derrick, for a splendid job!

I was not surprised to see that Derrick Jensen would be a great interviewer, He also picked a great bunch of people to interview. Thier personal beliefs and the way the express them with word and actions really made me look at myself and wonder what else I can do.

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