Dreams

Description

Jensen here 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. Derrick Jensen 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 Prechtel, Dakota activist and scholar Waziyatawin and Okanagan Indian writer Jeannette Armstrong.

Activist, philosopher, teacher, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, DERRICK JENSEN holds degrees in creative writing and mineral engineering physics. In 2008, he was named one of theUtne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World," and in 2006 he was named Press Action's Person of the Year for his work on the bookEndgame. He lives in California.

"A rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world." -Howard Zinn "Activist Jensen's absorbing and insightful writings and speeches have placed him in the vanguard of the environmental movement." -Library Journal "Derrick Jensen tears our illusions from us with his shocking yet graceful prose. He is a public intellectual who both breaks and mends the reader's heart." -Francis Moore Lappe