In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World (The New Patriotism Series, Vol. 1) - Softcover

Berry, Wendell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0913098604 ISBN 13: 9780913098608

Publisher: Orion Society, 2001

Synopsis

In these three poignant essays, prolific author Wendell Berry reflects deeply on the current sources of world hope and despair. Thoughts in the Presence of Fear, written in response to the September 11 attacks, has since been reprinted in 73 countries and seven languages. The three essays provide a much-needed road map to a full cultural recovery.

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About the Author:

An essayist, novelist, poet, and farmer, Wendell Berry is the author of more than thirty books including Citizens Dissent, Life is a Miracle, and Jayber Crow. He is a past recipient of the T.S. Eliot Award, The Orion Society's John Hay Award, the Lyndhurst Prize, and the Aiken-Taylor Award for Poetry from The Sewanee review. He lives and works with his wife Tanya on their farm in Kentucky.

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The time will soon come when we will not be able to remember the horrors of September 11 without remembering also the unquestioning technological and economic optimism that ended on that day.
–Thoughts in the Presence of Fear

A change of heart or of values without a practice is only another pointless luxury of a passively consumptive way of life.
–The Idea of a Local Economy

One way we could describe the task ahead is by saying that we need to enlarge the consciousness and the conscience of the economy....This is revolutionary, of course, if you have a taste for revolution, but it is also common sense.
–In Distrust of Movements

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Society
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0913098604
• ISBN 13: 9780913098608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 44