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Derrick Jensen is an American author, environmental activist, and speaker. His work primarily focuses on environmental justice, social justice, and the impact of humans on nature. Jensen is known for his radical writing style and critical analysis of environmental destruction.

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“To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.”

Thinking Believe Christianity Worst Slavery Opposition

Book:The Culture of Make Believe

Source: The Culture of Make Believe

“Many Indians have told me that the most basic difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that Westerners view the world as dead, and not as filled with speaking, thinking, feeling subjects as worthy and valuable as themselves.”

Thinking World Way Feelings Differences Views Subjects Filled Western Valuable Worthy Indian Indigenous Westerners

Book:The Culture of Make Believe

Source: The Culture of Make Believe

“I wondered what it does to each of us to spend the majority of our waking hours doings things we'd rather not do, wishing we were outside or simply elsewhere, wishing we were reading, thinking, making love, fishing, sleeping, or simply having time to figure out who the hell we are and what the hell we're doing.”

Thinking Doe Reading Wish Hours Sleep Hell Figures Majority Fishing Waking Elsewhere Making Love Doings

Book:A Language Older Than Words

Source: A Language Older Than Words

“I think it's very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we're doing isn't working, clearly.”

Thinking Important Culture Resistance

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“I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet.”

Thinking Culture Planets Killing Dominant Recognizing Dominant Culture

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“We must learn how to think like the planet.”

Thinking Planets

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Born: December 19, 1960
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Quotes: 88

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A Language Older Than WordsRelated source material

The Culture of Make BelieveRelated source material

Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of CivilizationRelated source material

EndgameRelated source material

The Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental RevolutionRelated source material

Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and RevolutionRelated source material

Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of CivilizationRelated source material

Endgame, Volume 2: ResistanceRelated source material

Walking on Water: Reading, Writing and RevolutionRelated source material

Deep Green ResistanceRelated source material

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