Derrick Jensen

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Derrick Jensen
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Born (1960-12-19) December 19, 1960 (age 63)
Nebraska, United States [1]
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LanguageEnglish
Nationality American
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Website
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Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author, teacher and environmentalist in the anarcho-primitivist tradition, [2] [3] though he rejects the label "anarchist". Utne Reader named Jensen among "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" in 2008, [4] and Democracy Now! says that he "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecology movement". [5]

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Lierre Keith (left) and Jensen (right) with Deep Green Resistance at Occupy Oakland in 2011 JensenKeithOccupyOakland2011.png
Lierre Keith (left) and Jensen (right) with Deep Green Resistance at Occupy Oakland in 2011

Jensen is a critic of the mainstream environmental movement's focus on preserving civilization and technology over preserving the natural world. [6] He specifically challenges the lifestyle changes and individualistic solutions broadly advocated, considering them drastically inadequate to the global scale of environmental catastrophe. [7] Instead, he promotes civil disobedience, radical activism, and dismantling infrastructure on a massive level in order to halt what he has called "the murder of the planet". [6]

Jensen is a founder and leader within Deep Green Resistance; his and the organization's belief that women-only spaces should exclude trans women has led to accusations of transphobia. [8] [6]

Jensen lives in Crescent City, California. [1]

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 Cejnar, Jessica (March 4, 2016). "Prolific author calls Crescent City home". derrickjensen.org. Del Norte Triplicate.
  2. Sean Esbjörn-Hargens; Michael E. Zimmerman (2009). Integral ecology: Uniting multiple perspectives on the natural world. p.  492. Anarcho-primitivists ... See ... Derrick Jensen's recent two-volume End-Game
  3. Bob Torres (2007). Making a killing: the political economy of animal rights. p.  68. Despite the problems and flaws with anarcho-primitivist thinking like Jensen's ...
  4. "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World". October 13, 2008. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. Jensen, Derrick (November 26, 2010). "Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: "The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet ... It's Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance"". Democracy Now! (Interview). Interviewed by Amy Goodman.
  6. 1 2 3 Holzman, Jael (2022). "How a Fight over Transgender Rights Derailed Environmentalists in Nevada". Politico. Politico LLC.
  7. Kateman, Brian (2022). "To Save The Planet, We Need Systemic Change—But Your Individual Choices Still Matter". Forbes.
  8. Camilla Mortensen (March 8, 2018). "Controversial Speaker Sparks Outcry". Eugene Weekly. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

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