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Offline Sitting Coyote

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Beyond Civilization?
« on: December 31, 2009, 10:53:51 pm »
Daniel Quinn, best known for writing the novel Ishmael and its sequels Story of B and My Ishmael, wrote the non-fiction book Beyond Civilization around the year 2000.  Anyone else read this?  If so, what do people think about it?  I'm tempted to summarize, but there are such a diverse array of ideas in the book that I fear I'd bias people's views and interpretations of the book if I did so.

 
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Re: Beyond Civilization?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2010, 08:38:46 am »
I've read Ishmael, My Ishmael and some of Quinn's articles, but I haven't read Beyond Civilization beyond some excerpts and his articles that touched on its subjects. I'd be interested in your summary.
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Re: Beyond Civilization?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 10:37:42 pm »
I only recently bumped into this guy. Read about him, seen/heard him interviewed, but never his actual books.

Like Phil, I'd be interested in your summary.
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