THE MYTH OF HUMAN SUPREMACY
Book ID/图书代码： 12070015B80030
English Summary/英文概要： One of America’s leading and most passionate environmentalists dismantles the myth of human superiority.
In this impassioned polemic, radical environmental philosopher Derrick Jensen debunks the near-universal belief in a hierarchy of nature and the superiority of humans. Vast and underappreciated complexities of nonhuman life are explored in detail—from the cultures of pigs and prairie dogs, to the creative use of tools by elephants and fish, to the acumen of caterpillars and fungi. The paralysis of the scientific establishment on moral and ethical issues is confronted and a radical new framework for assessing the intelligence and sentience of nonhuman life is put forth.
Jensen attacks mainstream environmental journalism, which too often limits discussions to how ecological changes affect humans or the economy—with little or no regard for nonhuman life. With his signature compassionate logic, he argues that when we separate ourselves from the rest of nature, we in fact orient ourselves against nature, taking an unjust and, in the long run, impossible position.
Jensen expresses profound disdain for the human industrial complex and its ecological excesses, contending that it is based on the systematic exploitation of the earth. Page by page, Jensen, who has been called the philosopher-poet of the environmental movement, demonstrates his deep appreciation of the natural world in all its intimacy, and sounds an urgent call for its liberation from human domination.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 美国领先的和最热情的环保主义者之一戳穿了人类优越性的神话。
在这充满激情的论战中，激进的环境哲学家德里克•延森戳穿了自然的等级和人类的优越性这个近乎普遍的信仰。对非人类生命的浩瀚和未得到正确评价的复杂性进行了详细的探索，从猪和草原狗的文化，到大象和鱼对工具的创新使用，到幼虫和真菌的聪敏。正面在道德和伦理问题上科学机构的无能，评估智力和非人类生命的感觉的一个彻底的新框架被提出。
延森攻击了主流环境新闻，他们往往只讨论生态变化如何影响人类或经济，而很少或根本没有考虑非人类生命。他具有鲜明特征的怜悯逻辑学认为，当我们从自然中分离出来的时候，我们实际上就站在了自然的对立面，这是一个非正义的、长期的和不可能的位置上。
延森对人类的工业综合体及其生态的过度行为，以及基于对地球有系统的剥削的竞争表示了深刻的蔑视。延森，被称为环境运动的哲学诗人，在书中展示了他对自然世界的所有亲密关系的深切欣赏，并发出了一个要求其从人类统治下解放出来的迫切呼唤。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：In the hottest year we’ve ever recorded, perhaps people of all persuasions should take a moment to grapple with Derrick Jensen’s anger and love. This is a necessary provocation--it’s clearly time to think anew about who and what we are.
Bill McKibben author Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
About the Author/作者介绍： 德里克•延森是一个激进的活动家，哲学家，教师和遇事不妥协的领先者，他也是众多奖项和荣誉的获得者，包括艾瑞克•霍弗图书奖得主，今日美国评论家选择奖和年度新闻行动者。他写了二十多本书，包括《残局》，《语言比文字更古老》和《梦想》，他在演讲时，其革命精神经常引起全国各地的观众爆满。延森拥有创意写作学位和矿物工程物理学位。他生活在加利福尼亚的新月市。
Philosopher, teacher, radical activist, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, DERRICK JENSEN is winner of numerous awards and honors including the Eric Hoffer Book Award, USA Today’s Critic’s Choice Award, and Press Action’s Person of the Year. He is the author of over twenty books, including Endgame, A Language Older Than Words, and Dreams, and he regularly stirs packed auditoriums across the country with revolutionary spirit. Jensen holds degrees in creative writing and mineral engineering physics. He lives in Crescent City, California.
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