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The Culture of Make Believe

by Derrick Jensen · 2002

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Derrick 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 Believeis a book that is as impeccably researched as it is moving, with conclusions as far-reaching as they are shocking.

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environmentenvironmentMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thissocial issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of thissocial justicesocial justiceMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 720 pages

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