Using a synthesis of ecology, anthropology, philosophy and political theory, this book traces our society's conflicting legacies of freedom and domination, from the first emergence of human culture to today's global capitalism. The theme of Murray Bookchin's grand historical narrative is straightforward: environmental, economic and political devastation are born at the moment that human societies begin to organize themselves hierarchically. And, despite the nuance and detail of his arguments, the lesson to be learned is just as basic: our nightmare will continue until hierarchy is dissolved and human beings develop more sane, sustainable and egalitarian social structures.
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Murray Bookchin (1921-2006) was an American anarchist and libertarian socialist author, orator, historian, and political theorist.
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- PublisherBlack Rose Books
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0921689721
- ISBN 13 9780921689720
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages434
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