Paul Kingsnorth is an English writer and thinker whose work is characterized by a profound critique of modern society and its impact on the natural world. As a co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project, he calls for a literary and artistic movement to respond to ecological and economic uncertainties. His writings explore themes of disconnection from nature, the consequences of globalization, and the search for meaning in an age of upheaval. Kingsnorth's style is incisive and poetic, often drawing on natural metaphors and delving into the deep connections between humanity and the environment. His work serves as a compelling call to reflect on our place in the world and the path we have taken.
With lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, this book features essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth's thinking. It articulates a 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.
After his sons are killed at the Battle of Hastings and his family and farm are destroyed by the Norman invaders, Buccmaster leads a group of fighters on a quest of revenge.
Offers a call to arms for those who would identify themselves as "English" against the forces of globalisation. This book reminds us that the quintessentially English institutions may soon cease to exist.
"It could turn out to be the biggest political movement of the twenty-first century: a global coalition of millions, united in resisting an out-of-control global economy, and already building alternatives to it. It emerged in Mexico in 1994, when the Zapatista rebels rose up in defiance of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The West first noticed it in Seattle in 1999, when the WTO was stopped in its tracks by 50,000 protesters. Since then, it has flowered all over the world." "But what exactly is it? To find out, Paul Kingsnorth travelled across five continents to visit some of the movement's epicentres. Along the way, he found a new political idea. Not socialism, not capitalism, not any 'ism' at all, it is united in what it opposes, and deliberately diverse in what it wants instead - a politics of 'one no, many yeses'. This movement may yet change the world. This book tells its story."--BOOK JACKET
Informed by his travels across the world and his travails farming a small- holding, in Savage Gods, Paul Kingsnorth asks: what does it mean to belong? What sacrifices must be made to truly inhabit a life. And most urgently for a writer: are words the answer or are they part of the great lie that's killing the world?
'Like Robert Macfarlane re-written by Cormac McCarthy.' Telegraph'Beckett doing Beowulf.' London Review of Books One thousand years from now, the sole inhabitants of a small island - a group no larger than an extended family - are living in a post-civilised world.
Originally published: London: Faber & Faber, 2016.
In Seattle wurde 1999 der Blick einer erstaunten Öffentlichkeit auf eine junge, internationale Bewegung gelenkt. Sie verbreitet sich wie ein Buschfeuer. Mit unerschütterlichem Glauben an die eigene Stärke geht sie in kleinen, aber wirksamen Schritten gegen die Macht der Konzerne vor. Regionale Initiativen werden an den Bedürfnissen der Menschen ausgerichtet. Es ist eine Revolution ohne ideologische Fundamente, ohne verdächtige "ismen". Sie setzt positives Denken und Handeln, Witz und Klugheit gegen Resignation und Zynismus.§Als versierter Journalist schreibt Paul Kingsnorth mit flüssiger, oft spitzer Feder über die Menschen in vielen Ländern der Erde, die diese neue politische Bewegung des 21. Jahrhunderts verkörpern. Mit seinen excellenten Kontakten liefert er Wissen aus erster Hand. In neun Geschichten voll von Glauben, Hoffnung, Wundern, Absurditäten, Tragik entsteht ein einzigartiges Reisetagebuch. Zugleich ist Global Attack! eine politische Analyse und ein Manifest, das Mut macht.
