This christmas holidays: Read Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn.
"From now on I will divide the books I have read into two categories -- the ones I read before Ishmael and those read after." -- Jim Britell, Whole Earth Review
#readishmael #books #bookMastodon #culture #environment #nature
"to protect the gift He entrusted to us"
That idea is exactly where the whole mess began. Some freak culture decided that they owned the place, that they where above it and could do with it and everything and anybody else in it as they will.
At the occasion of the 90th birthday of this amazing writer:
Happy Daniel Quinn Day everyone! 🌳
@MissGayle
The Story of B book is a highly recommendable read, just like the other Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn, i.e. Ishmael & My Ishmael. Each is deeply influential & perspective-widening (or shattering), to say the least.
Alex Leff has very good podcasts on them. But to anybody new to Quinn's writings, I would recommend reading the books first, leave some time to digest and then the podcasts. Graeber's The Dawn of Everything complements all of them.
https://www.resilience.org/human-nature-odyssey-podcast/hno-episodes/
@nathaliaassaad @RD4Anarchy @FrenchPanda @emimuehsam @gerrymcgovern
Interesting thread.
Perhaps some of you know Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael book series, in which he explores the relationship between our “civilized” culture, which he calls Takers, and the others he calls Leavers.
Deep down, ours isn’t a problem of “human nature”, but a problem of human values and the cultural myths that shape them.
@Dragofix I wonder if there’s a connection to the gorilla named Ishmael from Daniel Quinn’s book with the same name.
Do you know the difference between Takers and Leavers? Do you know to which of these two you belong?
If you don’t, read Ishmael, from Daniel Quinn.
@davidho I‘ve given some thought about how they may call us.
And I think that they will use a name we already give us: „The Consumers“ .
Only that they will mean it in a different way, in the true way. Consumers of the natural world, consumers of other species, consumers of cultures which aren’t consumers, consumers of the future.
In his book Ishmael, Daniel Quinn calls those of our culture Takers.
@breadandcircuses
„Is it, however, human nature that has caused this unfolding catastrophe, or something specific pertaining to the dominant culture?“
After the author’s analysis it is a fair and ultimately decisive question. A question which most don’t even think of asking.
Daniel Quinn has explored this question in his book Ishmael and provides an answer to it. A liberating one.
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