The Culture of Make BelieveDerrick Jensen takes no prisoners in The Culture of Make Believe, his brilliant and eagerly awaited follow-up to his powerful and lyrical A Language Older Than Words. What begins as an exploration of the lines of thought and experience that run between the massive lynchings in early twentieth-century America to today's death squads in South America soon explodes into an examination of the very heart of our civilization. The Culture of Make Believe is a book that is as impeccably researched as it is moving, with conclusions as far-reaching as they are shocking. |
Contents
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Property | 86 |
Philanthropy | 98 |
IIO Giving Back the Land | 111 |
Redemption and Failure | 156 |
Flesh | 188 |
Seeing Things | 206 |
The Other Side of Darkness | 232 |
Criminals | 252 |
Killers | 276 |
The Cost of Power | 298 |
Beginning to | 136 |
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