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Derrick Jensen B.S. M.F.A. Born December 19 1960 Is An American Author And Environmental Activist Living In Crescent City California. He Has Published Several Books Questioning Contemporary Society And Its Values Including A Language Older Than Words The Culture Of Make Believe And Endgame. He Holds A B.S. In Mineral Engineering Physics From The Colorado School Of Mines And An M.F.A. In Creative Writing From Eastern Washington University. He Has Also Taught Creative Writing At Pelican Bay State Prison And Eastern Washington University. Jensen Is Often Labeled An Anarcho-Primitivist By Which Is Meant He Concludes That Civilization Is Inherently Unsustainable And Based On Violence. He Argues That The Modern Industrial Economy Is Fundamentally At Odds With Healthy Relationships The Natural Environment And Indigenous Peoples. Jensen's Work Catalogues What He Perceives As The Pervasiveness Of Abuse Hatred Rape Environmental Destruction And Dishonesty Which He Says Serves To Maintain The Systemic Abuse Of Civilization . He Concludes That The Very Pervasiveness Of These Behaviors Indicates That They Are Diagnostic Symptoms Of The Greater Problem Of Civilization Itself. Accordingly He Exhorts Readers And Audiences To Help Bring An End To Industrial Civilization. In A Language Older Than Words And Also In An Article Entitled Actions Speak Louder Than Words Jensen States "Every Morning When I Awake I Ask Myself Whether I Should Write Or Blow Up A Dam. I Tell Myself I Should Keep Writing Though I'm Not Sure That's Right". Jensen Proposes That A Different Harmonious Way Of Life Is Possible And That It Can Be Seen In Many Past Societies Including Many Native American Or Other Indigenous Cultures. He Claims That Many Indigenous Peoples Perceive A Primary Difference Between Western And Indigenous Perspectives Even The Most Open-Minded Westerners Generally View Listening To The Natural World As A Metaphor As Opposed To The Way The World Works. Furthermore These Indigenous Peoples Understand The World As Consisting Of Other Beings With Whom We Can Enter Into Relationship This Stands Opposed To The More Western Belief That The World Consists Of Objects Or Resources To Be Exploited Or Used. A Language Older Than Words Uses The Lens Of Domestic Violence To Look At The Larger Violence Of Western Culture. The Culture Of Make Believe Begins By Exploring Racism And Misogyny And Moves To Examine How This Culture’s Economic System Leads Inevitably To Hatred And Atrocity. Strangely Like War Is About Deforestation. Walking On Water Is About Education It Begins "As Is True For Most People I Know I’ve Always Loved Learning. As Is Also True For Most People I Know I Always Hated School. Why Is That?" . Welcome To The Machine Is About Surveillance And More Broadly About Science And This Culture’s Obsession With Control. Jensen's Latest Work Endgame Is About What He Describes As The Inherent Unsustainability Of Civilization. In This Book He Asks "Do You Believe That This Culture Will Undergo A Voluntary Transformation To A Sane And Sustainable Way Of Living?" Nearly Everyone He Talks To Says No. His Next Question Is "How Would This Understanding — That This Culture Will Not Voluntarily Stop Destroying The Natural World Eliminating Indigenous Cultures Exploiting The Poor And Killing Those Who Resist — Shift Our Strategy And Tactics? The Answer? Nobody Knows Because We Never Talk About It We’re Too Busy Pretending The Culture Will Undergo A Magical Transformation." Endgame He Says Is "about That Shift In Strategy And In Tactics." Jensen's Writing Uses The First-Person And Interweaves Personal Experiences With Cited Facts To Construct Arguments. His Books Are Written Like Narratives Lacking A Linear Hierarchical Structure. They Are Not Divided Into Distinct Sections Devoted To An Individual Argument. Instead His Writing Is Conversational Leaving One Line Of Thought Incomplete To Move On To Another Returning To The First Again At Some Later Point. Jensen Uses This Creative Non-Fiction Style To Combine His Artistic Voice With Logical Argument. Related Authors Include John Zerzan Against Civilization A Reader And Elements Of Refusal George Draffan Ward Churchill Chellis Glendinning Inga Muscio Terry Tempest Williams Jack Forbes Columbus And Other Cannibals Dave Edwards Daniel Quinn Ishmael Beyond Civilization The Man Who Grew Young Neil Evernden The Natural Alien Stanley Diamond In Search Of The Primitive A Critique Of Civilization And Lewis Mumford Technics And Human Development And The Pentagon Of Power . read less