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A Language Older Than Words
- 399 pages ยท about 7 hours
- First published 2000
- 3 editions
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1 About this book
A Language Older Than Words is a non-fiction book by Derrick Jensen, first published in 2000. The author uses his own personal experience of abuse as a springboard for looking at civilization as a culture of abuse, exploring the connections between various atrocities. Jensen also urges his readers to reconnect with the land.
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- Nature
- Human ecology
- Human-animal relationships
- Nature, effect of human beings on
- Violence
- Family violence
- Effect of human beings on
2 About Derrick Jensen
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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