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Corrupt and Integral Tradition Publish New Book: Pentti Linkola - Can Life Prevail?
by Alex Birch
Corrupt together with its publishing arm Integral Tradition present the hottest book on environmentalism and deep ecology this year: Pentti Linkola's "Can Life Prevail?". A brand new English translation of the latest work by this internationally famous ecophilosopher from Finland, including an exclusive foreword written by our columnist Brett Stevens.
Linkola, being one of the few honest environmentalists of our time, suggests greenism is nothing but a trend, and that in order to save our ecology, we need to drastically reduce the world's population and simplify society to reflect a natural lifestyle in harmony with the natural order. "Can Life Prevail?" could be his ground-breaking work that will shock trendy green organizations around the world and finally legitimize the controversial question of overpopulation.
Read more about Pentti Linkola and his philosophy here. Read Alex Birch's review of the book here
Synopsis
"WITH THE TRAIN OF CIVILISATION hurtling at ever-increasing speed towards self-destruction, the most pressing question facing humanity in the 21st century is that of the preservation of life. Can Life Prevail?, the latest book by Finnish environmentalist Pentti Linkola, provides a radical yet firmly grounded perspective on the ecological problems threatening both the biosphere and human culture. With essays covering topics as diverse as animal rights, extinction, deforestation, terrorism and overpopulation, Can Life Prevail? for the first time makes the lucid, challenging writing of Linkola available to an English-speaking public.
“By decimating its woodlands, Finland has created the grounds for prosperity. We can now thank prosperity for bringing us – among other things – two million cars, millions of glaring, grey-black electronic entertainment boxes, and many unnecessary buildings to cover the green earth. Wealth and surplus money have led to financial gambling and rampant social injustice, whereby ‘the common people’ end up contributing to the construction of golf courses, classy hotels, and holiday resorts, while fattening Swiss bank accounts. Besides, the people of wealthy countries are the most frustrated, unemployed, unhappy, suicidal, sedentary, worthless and aimless people in history. What a miserable exchange.”
Order your copy today!
Product details
Binding: Softcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Integral Tradition (2009)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-907166-00-6
Product details
Binding: Hardcover (cloth with dustcover jacket), 208 pages
Publisher: Integral Tradition (2009)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-907166-01-3
Interesting...
This book looks very interesting, and does have a point on greenism being a fad, but I have to wonder: Is pointing this out beneficial? Any aid the enviroment can get is good at this point in time...But other than that, it might be the slap in the face a lot of people need. Thanks for showing us.
Ah, Linkola. It's good to see
Ah, Linkola. It's good to see Corrupt hasn't changed as much as i thought it had...
Hurray for Corrupt!
This is a major step forward, perhaps the biggest the group has made since its inception.
Any thought being given on how to expand the influence of the site through the royalties pulled in from this and other future publications? Will there be future publications from this same company?
A Brett Stevens Forward!
I can't wait to read the foreward from that mothaphucka Brett Stevens.
Congratulations
Excellent, I'm glad to finally have a traditional paper book, made by this organization.
Excited
I'm excited to get my hands on this, and also very excited to see what kind of other eco-worried people Corrupt can pull in from this!
this will be excellent
I can only read English, so I can't wait to have this book. It'll be on pre-order end of day. Big for corrupt.org and big for anyone interested in a sane and healthy outlook on life.
Many thanks to Pentti................
Thanks for your clear voice.
More voices.......we need many more voices speaking out loudly and often. Time is being wasted by those with wealth and power who adamantly defend unsustainable status quo overconsumption, overproduction and overpopulation activities of the human species that are overwhelming and threatening to ravage the Earth in our time. Because these distinctly human activities could soon become patently unsustainable, necessary behavior change has to occur fast. If more members of the human family do not speak out to vigorously resist what the leaders of the human community are demanding all of us do now as we strive to ravenously overconsume Earth's resources; to relentlessly hoard wealth; and to overproduce unnecessary stuff, then the planetary home we are inhabiting and overpopulating could be made uninhabitable for our children and life as we know it by 2012.
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population,
established 2001
http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/index.php
http://sustainabilityscience.org/content.html?contentid=1176