Plain radical
Subtitle: living, loving, and learning to leave the planet gracefully
By: Robert Jensen
Publisher: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781593766184
Subjects: Radicals; Human ecology; Deep ecology; Biography; Radicalism
Description: There was nothing out of the ordinary about Jim Koplin. He was just your typical central Minnesota gay farm boy with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology who developed anarchist-influenced, radical-feminist, and anti-imperialist politics, while never losing touch with his rural roots. But perhaps the most important thing about Jim is that throughout his life, almost literally to his dying breath, he spent some part of every day on the most important work we have: tending the garden. Plain Radical is a touching homage to a close friend and mentor taken too soon. But it is also an exploration of the ways in which an intensely local focus paired with a fierce intelligence can provide a deep, meaningful, even radical engagement with the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.