The Essential Agrarian Reader
The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
Published on 15. October 2015
256 pages
978-1-61902-698-8 (ISBN)
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Agrarian philosophy, a compelling worldview with advocates around the globe, encourages us to develop practices and policies that promote the sustainable health of the land, community, and culture. In this remarkable anthology are fifteen essays from Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Wes Jackson, Gene Logsdon, Brian Donahue, Eric Freyfogle, David Orr, and others. The Essential Agrarian Reader calls us to celebrate the gifts of the earth, through honest work and respect for the land.
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The Essential Agrarian Reader
The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
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Norman Wirzba, associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at Georgetown College, is the author of The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age and editor of The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry. He lives in Kentucky.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: Why Agrarianism Matters-Even to Urbanites
- Part 1: Agrarian Principles and Priorities
- 1. The Agrarian Standard
- 2. The Resettling of America
- 3. The Mind-Set of Agrarianism . . . New and Old
- 4. Sustainable Economic Development: Definitions, Principles, Policies
- 5. Placing the Soul: An Agrarian Philosophical Principle
- Part 2: Assessing Our Situation
- 6. The Current State of Agriculture: Does It Have a Future?
- 7. Globalization and the War against Farmers and the Land
- 8. The Agrarian Mind: Mere Nostalgia or a Practical Necessity?
- 9. All Flesh Is Grass: A Hopeful Look at the Future of Agrarianism
- 10. The Uses of Prophecy
- Part 3: Putting Agrarianism to Work
- 11. Country and City: The Common Vision of Agrarians and New Urbanists
- 12. New Agrarians: Local Innovators
- 13. The Legal and Legislative Front: The Fight Against Industrial Agriculture
- 14. Private Property Rights in Land: An Agrarian View
- 15. Going to Work
- Further Reading
- Contributors
- Index
