The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn

Andrew Frederick Smith

Published by SUNY Press 2022

The Threefold Struggle

Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn

Andrew Frederick Smith

In the series SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438488738

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About this book

Drawing on the thought of novelist and cultural critic Daniel Quinn, argues it is not too late to free ourselves from a culture in which we are compelled to destroy the world, one another, and even ourselves.

Author / Editor information

Andrew Frederick Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Drexel University. His previous books include A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism and The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies.

Reviews

"If we follow Angela Davis' prescription that 'radical' simply means 'grasping things at the roots,' then this work helps us do that by providing a deep critique of what we have been taught to uncritically accept as good in the development of civilization. The Threefold Struggle will appeal to anyone who takes personally the idea that the world can be saved not by trying to moderate our behavior but by making changes that are as dramatic as a religious conversion."—Tadd Ruetenik, author of The Demons of William James: Religious Pragmatism Explores Unusual Mental States

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
List of Abbreviations for Quinn’s Texts Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Prologue The Threefold Struggle for Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Taker Culture: Fashioning a Mosaic
The “Quinn Method” of Cultural Criticism Memes, Martian Anthropology, and Maieutics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Axiomatic Lies Totalitarian Agriculture and The Great Forgetting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Egress Regress The Antisavior’s Devotional Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Leaver Culture: Charting a Certain Road
Lessons in Success Fire of Life, Law of Life, Community of Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Remembering How to Be Human Gifts of Wisdom and Awareness of the Sacred Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Vitalizing a People, Becoming a Person Seeds of Reclamation and Resistance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
A New Story to be in: On to Croatoan
Beyond Civilization The Rise and Decline of Hierarchalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Unlocking the Food In Defense of Symbioculture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Ending the Food Race From Biomass to Human Mass and Back Again Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Ending the Food Race From Biomass to Human Mass and Back Again Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Epilogue Changed Minds, Changed Options, and the Schematic of a New Vision Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
List of Mentioned Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Index Seeds of Reclamation and Resistance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 393
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: History : History; Philosophy : Philosophy; Cultural Studies : Cultural Studies; Environmental Studies : Environmental Philosophy; Environmental Studies : Environmental Studies

eBook

Published: August 1, 2022
ISBN: 9781438488738