Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
by Jack D. Forbes
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Author: Jack D. ForbesForeword: Derrick Jensen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN: 1583227814
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Book Review: Based on Interview; Awaiting book
Summary: 5 Stars
Yesterday, I listened to Tish Pearlman interviewing Jack D. Forbes on her npr radio show, OUT OF BOUNDS. His thoughts truly resonated with me, as he was expressing so much of the spirituality that has become my daily experience, as well as so many of my concerns. I really recommend this interview: [...]
Forbes discusses how we mis-identify our religion by broad denomination, e.g., Methodist, when we should be labeling it by our personal identity, as we each interpret the religious system to meet and justify our own needs. Such as, Jane Doe would claim she was a member of the Jane Doe religion. This reminded me of Rabbi Cooper's excellent book, GOD IS A VERB, in which the divine is not an entity but the divine force as God-ing, as we each are part of the divine through our soul's partication and processing divinity. In this lifetime, here and now I am Edie-ing. I also recommend Rabbi Shapiro's MINYON for his discussion of the divine as the Source and Substance of All Being, again the active process of BE-ing. In the interview,Forbes explained that Native Americans have no word for religion as we use it, and he emphasized the indigenous spirituality of oneness with all of creation, overcoming the Western World separation from nature and the divine "entity". This being my first review, perhaps I'll return here after reading COLUMBUS AND OTHER CANNIBALS which I just ordered. Thanks for "listening."
Summary of Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
Celebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. Forbes?s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired America?s most influential activists for decades. Frighteningly, his radical critique of the modern "civilized" lifestyle is more relevant now than ever before.Identifying the Western compulsion to consume the earth as a sickness, Forbes writes:
"Brutality knows no boundaries. Greed knows no limits. Perversion knows no borders. . . . These characteristics all push towards an extreme, always moving forward once the initial infection sets in. . . . This is the disease of the consuming of other creatures? lives and possessions. I call it cannibalism."
This updated edition includes a new chapter by the author.
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