Ishmael

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  Terrific! And moving! And inspiring. I was familiar with Ishmael's theory in my own way before reading this novel, but I am glad and relieved to know that the knowledge and the awareness of what's wrong with humankind's attitude towards Life, the World, the Animals and Plants is spreading, despite a ... (continue)

  Terrific! And moving! And inspiring. I was familiar with Ishmael's theory in my own way before reading this novel, but I am glad and relieved to know that the knowledge and the awareness of what's wrong with humankind's attitude towards Life, the World, the Animals and Plants is spreading, despite all enemy forces keep trying to fight it back. I lost hope in Humankind years ago, but until such books, and thinkers, and writers, and common people do exist who embrace Ishmael's words and try to invent ex novo their life on Mother Earth, who knows... maybe tides will change.
  I hope this book will travel a lot and enlighten as many readers as possible. Give it a try, it will open your eyes and mind.

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  DevilKitty said on Jan 9, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I can see how this book could stir up buzz 15 years ago. But given the increasing awareness of the scale of destruction men have done to the earth, a substantial part of the book can be a repetition of what is already widely known and recognized. Yet, the argument of the book still appeals. Defin ... (continue)

  I can see how this book could stir up buzz 15 years ago. But given the increasing awareness of the scale of destruction men have done to the earth, a substantial part of the book can be a repetition of what is already widely known and recognized. Yet, the argument of the book still appeals. Definately, live and let live.

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  Jennie said on Nov 29, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Philosophical novel where Daniel Quinn explores the idea of civilization and its relationship to sustainability, ethics and, in general, the prospects of survival for life on earth itself. Using the style of a socratic dialogue, the author transcribes the supposed dialogue between a human intereste ... (continue)

  Philosophical novel where Daniel Quinn explores the idea of civilization and its relationship to sustainability, ethics and, in general, the prospects of survival for life on earth itself. Using the style of a socratic dialogue, the author transcribes the supposed dialogue between a human interested in finding out how to save the world and a gorilla which leads his development, questioning the very foundations of human civilization. Daniel Quinn clearly defends the view that the culprit of today's problems is not so much capitalism (or any other particular form of social or economic organization) as civilization itself. In opposition to this, he defends the sort of tribal societies that predated civilization, therefore placing himself (and the book) in the tradition of Green Anarchism or Anarcho-Primitivism that is usually identified with John Zerzan, for example.

  "Ishmael" is actually a very good read. It is relatively entertaining (if you care about these issues, of course), and poses plenty of good questions that we normally overlook. It's good food for thought.

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  Jesus Ortega Segura said on Apr 19, 2012 | Add your feedback

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  Fascinanting and enlightening, a journey through mankind's evolution with a prospective of a different relationship between human beings and Earth.

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  Tilly said on Feb 20, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  This book digs straight into the things that are commonly taken for granted by humankind and that's the best side of it.
  It's a book full of question each one of us needs to answer on her/his own.
  It's a book that tells a different story, whether it's fantasy or not is up to you to decide ... (continue)

  This book digs straight into the things that are commonly taken for granted by humankind and that's the best side of it.
  It's a book full of question each one of us needs to answer on her/his own.
  It's a book that tells a different story, whether it's fantasy or not is up to you to decide.

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  Alced0atthis said on Nov 17, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Interesting read, but a lot of out of date information. I understand it was pretty groundbreaking in it's time.

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  JonnieBean said on Jan 5, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 288 Pages
• Edition: 5 Anv Sub
• ISBN-10: 0553078755
• ISBN-13: 9780553078756
• Publisher: Bantam
• Pub date: Dec 01, 1997
• Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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