Edward Abbey
Sep 10
2009
From Mythmakers and Lawbreakers:
Edward Abbey (1927–1989), the author of the controversial novel The Monkey Wrench Gang (which was considered too radical by the mainstream and too sexist by many anarchists), is also the “spiritual father” that inspired Earth First!. He was at least philosophically involved in anarchism in college, editing an anarchist paper and eventually writing his thesis on the topic “Anarchism and the Morality of Violence,” in which he declared that a peaceful anarchist society could not be created by the use of violence.
Wikipedia:
Edward Abbey
Thesis on Anarchism:
Anarchism and the Morality of Violence (.doc file)
Books in Print:
Available from Dream Garden Press
Tags: American, Dead, Eco, Essayist
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