Wendell Berry
It All Turns on Affection
The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
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When he accepted the invitation to deliver the Jefferson Lecture-our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement-Wendell Berry wanted a fresh start, not only in looking at the groundwork of the problems facing our nation and the earth itself, but in gaining hope from some examples of repair during Late Capitalism. The result is the greatest speech he has delivered in his six decades of public life. With this transcript of his speech, along with heretofore uncollected essays, It All Turns on Affection will take its place as another major testament to Berry's contribution to American thought.These powerful, challenging ess…
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When he accepted the invitation to deliver the Jefferson Lecture-our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement-Wendell Berry wanted a fresh start, not only in looking at the groundwork of the problems facing our nation and the earth itself, but in gaining hope from some examples of repair during Late Capitalism. The result is the greatest speech he has delivered in his six decades of public life. With this transcript of his speech, along with heretofore uncollected essays, It All Turns on Affection will take its place as another major testament to Berry's contribution to American thought.These powerful, challenging essays show why Berry's vision of a sustainable, human-scaled society has proven so influential. ¿Publishers Weekly
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61902-097-9
- EAN: 9781619020979
- Produktnummer: 31916539
- Verlag: Catapult
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 441 KB
Über den Autor
Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.
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