PREFACE: THE JOY OF SALES RESISTANCE
CHAPTER ONE: CONSERVATION AND LOCAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER TWO: OUT OF YOUR CAR, OFF YOUR HORSE
CHAPTER THREE: CONSERVATION IS GOOD WORK
CHAPTER FOUR: A BAD BIG IDEA
CHAPTER FIVE: THE PROBLEM OF TOBACCO
CHAPTER SIX: PEACEABLENESS TOWARD ENEMIES
CHAPTER SEVEN: CHRISTIANITY AND THE SURVIVAL OF CREATION
CHAPTER EIGHT: SEX, ECONOMY, FREEDOM, AND COMMUNITY
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""Read [him] with pencil in hand, make notes, and hope that somehow our country and the world will soon come to see the truth that is told here."" —The New York Times Book Review
In this collection of essays, first published in 1993, Wendell Berry continues his work as one of America's most necessary social commentators. With wisdom and clear, ringing prose, he tackles head–on some of the most difficult problems confronting us near the end of the twentieth century—problems we still face today.
Berry elucidates connections between sexual brutality and economic brutality, and the role of art and free speech. He forcefully addresses America's unabashed pursuit of self–liberation, which he says is ""still the strongest force now operating in our society."" As individuals turn away from their community, they conform to a ""rootless and placeless monoculture of commercial expectations and products,"" buying into the very economic system that is destroying the earth, our communities, and all they represent.