{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-recovering-environmentalist-paul-kingsnorth-9781555977801","title":"Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in \"an age of ecocide\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Kingsnorth was once an activist--an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as the environmental movement began to focus on \"sustainability\" rather than the defense of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. He gave up what he saw as the false hope that residents of the First World would ever make the kind of sacrifices that might avert the severe consequences of climate change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of grief and fury as well as passionate, lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Recovering Environmentalist\u003c\/i\u003e gathers the wave-making essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth's thinking. In them he articulates a new vision that he calls \"dark ecology,\" which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis iconoclastic, fearless, and ultimately hopeful book, which includes the much-discussed \"Uncivilization\" manifesto, asks hard questions about how we've lived and how we should live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kingsnorth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555977804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/04\/2017","brand":"Paul Kingsnorth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044409078015,"sku":"9781555977801","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce7db6cd-adfd-47cb-9a6e-d7f02b450de3.jpg?v=1684972688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confessions-of-a-recovering-environmentalist-paul-kingsnorth-9781555977801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}