The Threefold Struggle

Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn

Andrew Frederick Smith

• Éditeur: SUNY Press
• Année: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781438488738
• Sujet: Philosophy
• Sous-sujet: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

We members of settler colonial culture—the latest form of what novelist and cultural critic Daniel Quinn calls Taker culture—are constrained by myriad institutions that leave us with little choice but to engage in practices that are profoundly damaging to the planet, to others, and to ourselves. Our path to living otherwise, Andrew Frederick Smith argues, lies in the threefold struggle, which is inspired by Quinn's focus on the interweaving roots of ecological, social, and personal wellbeing. These three forms of wellbeing are co-implicated. We cannot enjoy one without equally enjoying the others; they are a package deal. As such, what works for people individually and collectively works for the planet, and vice versa. Reclaiming our lives and revitalizing our human and more-than-human communities are salient acts of resistance against Taker culture. They offer means of escape from our cultural captivity and an opportunity for full-spectrum wellbeing.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations for Quinn’s Texts
• Prologue The Threefold Struggle for Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing
• Part I Taker Culture: Fashioning a Mosaic
• Part II Leaver Culture: Charting a Certain Road
• Part III A New Story to Be In: On to Croatoan
• Epilogue Changed Minds, Changed Options, and the Schematic of a New Vision
• List of Mentioned Characters
• Notes
• References
• Index
• Back Cover