This book is emotionally draining. It's very good, but I find the author to be frustratingly repetitive at times. He does make a lot of good points about how nonviolence is totally ineffective, so I feel like it was a good book to read after having just read How Nonviolence Protects the State. ( )

not yet read (just got it)

Sisällysluettelosta:
Apocalypse; Five Stories; Civilization; Clean Water; Catastrophe; Violence; Irredeemable; Counterviolence; Listening to the Land; Carrying Capacity; The Needs of the Natural World; Predator and Prey; Choices; Abuse; A Culture of Occupation; Why Civilization is Killing the World, Part I; Why Civilization is Killing the World, Part II; Bringing Down Civilization, Part I; A History of Violence; Hatred; Love Does Not Imply Pacifism; It’s Time to Get Out; Courage; Hope; The Civilization Will Smile as They Tear You Limb From Limb; Their Insanity Was Permanent; Romantic Nihilism; Neck Deep In Denial; Making It Happen; Fulcrums; Violence; Violence; Spending Our Way to Sustainability; Empathy and Its Other; Should We Fight Back?; Star Wars

"Derrick Jensen, activist, small holder, teacher, acclaimed poet of the ecological movement and voice of uncompromising dissent, returns with an encyclopaedic effort in his new, two-volume work. Endgame: Volume I launches a formidable attack on western culture through an emotionally compelling series of 20 premises, such as 'Love does not imply pacifism' and 'Civilisation is not and can never be sustainable', that break through the chaos of our time, empowering the reader to redefine our world. Building on the revolutionary spirit of Volume I, Volume II raises the possibility of global resistance with incensed yet practical chapters, such as 'Bringing Down Civilisation, Part I'. As poeticallyelegant as it is devastating. Endgame is a stark representation of a world dying under the strain of a self-perpetuating system of exploitation that feeds off our unwitting compliance. An empowering and lyrical must-read."
- The Ecologist