Ebook {Epub PDF} Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin by Janet Biehl

In Ecology or Catastrophe, Janet Biehl has written an intellectual and political biography of Bookchin. Well researched and engagingly written, it closely follows him from his youthful schooling in the complex quarrels between Communist and socialist groups in the s through his era of greatest influence in the s, s, and s, and ending in an increasingly irrelevant old age.  · Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin. Janet Biehl’s engrossing biography shows that Bookchin, an unlikely social theorist and radical philosopher, produced an important body of work of lasting bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 9 mins.  · Author Janet Biehl worked as his collaborator and copyeditor for 19 years, editing his every word. Thanks to her extensive personal history with Bookchin as well as her access to his papers and archival research, Ecology or Catastrophe offers unique insight into his personal and professional life. Founder of the social ecology movement, Bookchin first started raising environmental issues in Pages:

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Ecology or Catastrophe The Life of Murray Bookchin Janet Biehl. The first ever biography of Murray Bookchin, the founder of social ecology; Written by Bookchin's close collaborator and copy-editor, Janet Biehl; Combines a gripping personal tale with a discussion of today's most relevant environmental and social issues. Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin. Janet Biehl’s engrossing biography shows that Bookchin, an unlikely social theorist and radical philosopher, produced an important body of work of lasting significance. An amazing political biography on a true revolutionary who dedicated his life to fighting capitalism, statism, hierarchy, and ecological destruction, and advocating a liberatory society rebuilt along social and ecological lines. Janet Biehl beautifully articulated Murray Bookchin's vision and ideas through a blend of narrative and history telling.