Derrick Jensen Explained

Derrick Jensen
Birth Date:	December 19, 1960
Birth Place:	Nebraska, United States^[1]
Language:	English
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Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author, teacher and environmentalist in the anarcho-primitivist tradition,^{[2] [3]} though he rejects the label "anarchist". Utne Reader named Jensen among "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" in 2008,^[4] and Democracy Now! says that he "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecology movement".^[5]

Jensen is a critic of the mainstream environmental movement's focus on preserving civilization and technology over preserving the natural world.^[6] He specifically challenges the lifestyle changes and individualistic solutions broadly advocated, considering them drastically inadequate to the global scale of environmental catastrophe.^[7] Instead, he promotes civil disobedience, radical activism, and dismantling infrastructure on a massive level in order to halt what he has called "the murder of the planet".^[6]

Jensen is a founder and leader within Deep Green Resistance.

His and the organization's belief that women-only spaces should exclude trans women has led to accusations of transphobia.^{[8] [6]}

Jensen lives in Crescent City, California.^[1]

Selected works

• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . Draffan . George . Osborn . John . Listening to the land: Conversations about nature, culture, and Eros . Sierra Club Books . San Francisco . 1995 . 0-87156-417-3 . 31046167 . registration . Republished by Chelsea Green in 2004 with .
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . Draffan . George . Osborn . John . Railroads and clearcuts: Legacy of Congress's 1864 Northern Pacific Railroad land grant . Inland Empire Public Lands Council / Keokee Company Publishing . Spokane, Wash. Sandpoint, Idaho . 1995 . 1-879628-08-2 . 32546308.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . A language older than words . Context Books . New York . 2000 . 1-893956-03-2 . 44078542. Republished by Chelsea Green in 2004 with .
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . The culture of make believe . Context Books . New York . 2002 . 1-893956-28-8 . 48761707. Republished by Chelsea Green in 2004 with .
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . Draffan . George . Strangely like war: The global assault on forests . Chelsea Green . White River Junction, VT . 2003 . 978-1-931498-45-6 . 52464656 . registration .
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . Draffan . George . Welcome to the machine: Science, surveillance, and the culture of control . White River Junction, VT . Chelsea Green . 2004 . 1-931498-52-0 . 54966302.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Walking on water: reading, writing, and revolution . White River Junction, VT . Chelsea Green . 2005 . 978-1-931498-78-4 . 58051191.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization . Seven Stories Press . New York . 2006 . 1-58322-730-X . 64098342.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . 2006 . Endgame, Volume 2: Resistance., Seven Stories Press,
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . Tweedy-Holmes . Karen . Thought to exist in the wild: Awakening from the nightmare of zoos . No Voice Unheard . Santa Cruz, CA . 2007 . 978-0-9728387-1-9 . 137341817 . registration .
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Thought to exist in the wild: Awakening from the nightmare of zoos . No Voice Unheard . Santa Cruz, CA . 2007 . 978-0-9728387-1-9 . 137341817 . registration .
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . McMillan . Stephanie . Stephanie McMillan (cartoonist) . As the world burns: 50 simple things you can do to stay in denial . Seven Stories Press . New York . 2007 . 978-1-58322-777-0 . 154705030 . registration .
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . How shall I live my life? On liberating the earth from civilization . PM Press . Oakland, Calif . 2008 . 978-1-60486-003-0 . 568066001 . registration .
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . McBay . Aric . What we leave behind . Seven Stories Press . New York . 2009 . 978-1-58322-867-8 . 261176357 . registration .
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Songs of the dead . Flashpoint Press/PM Press . Crescent City, CA . 2009 . 978-1-60486-044-3 . 435639513.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Lives less valuable: A novel . PM Press Turnaround distributor . Oakland, Calif. London . 2010 . 978-1-60486-045-0 . 611595324 . fr.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Resistance against empire . Flashpoint Press PM . Crescent City, Calif. Oakland, CA . 2010 . 978-1-60486-046-7 . 651663537.
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . McMillan . Stephanie . Stephanie McMillan (cartoonist) . Mischief in the forest: A yarn yarn . PM Press . Oakland, Calif. London . 2010 . 978-1-60486-081-8 . 700207114.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Dreams . Seven Stories Press . New York . 2011 . 978-1-58322-930-9 . 669755057.
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . McBay . Aric . Keith . Lierre . Lierre Keith . Deep green resistance: Strategy to save the planet . Seven Stories Press . New York . 2011 . 978-1-58322-929-3 . 601132927.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Truths among us: Conversations on building a new culture . PM Press . Oakland, CA . 2011 . 978-1-60486-299-7 . 756915435.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Keith . Lierre . Lierre Keith . The Derrick Jensen reader: Writings on environmental revolution . Seven Stories Press . New York . 2012 . 978-1-60980-404-6 . 753625923.
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . McMillan . Stephanie . Stephanie McMillan (cartoonist) . The knitting circle rapist annihilation squad . PM Press . Chicago . 2012 . 978-1-60486-596-7 . 811505057.
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . with . Keith . Lierre . Lierre Keith . 2012 . Earth at risk: Building a resistance movement to save the planet . PM Press . 978-1-60486-674-2.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . The myth of human supremacy . Seven Stories Press . New York, NY . 2016 . 978-1-60980-678-1 . 914290213.
• Book: Jensen, Derrick . 1 . Monsters: Short stories . PM Press . Oakland, CA . 2017 . 978-1-62963-436-4 . 987687487.
• Book: Jensen . Derrick . 1 . Keith . Lierre . Wilbert . Max . Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It. Monkfish . 2021. 978-1-94862-639-2.

Further reading

• • Jensen. Derrick. Amy Goodman. Democracy Now!. 26 November 2010. Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: "The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet ... It's Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance". 2 March 2014. 15 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211115014925/https://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/26/author_and_activist_derrick_jensen_the. live.
• Book: The Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental Revolution. 2012. Lierre Keith. Seven Stories Press. 9781609804053. 2020-10-31. 2021-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20211115014923/https://books.google.com/books?id=LGL8PCVc_pcC&q=%22westerners+generally+perceive+listening%22&pg=PT9. live.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prolific author calls Crescent City home . Cejnar . Jessica . March 4, 2016 . derrickjensen.org . .
2. Book: Integral ecology: Uniting multiple perspectives on the natural world . Sean Esbjörn-Hargens . Michael E. Zimmerman . 2009 . 492 . Anarcho-primitivists ... See ... Derrick Jensen's recent two-volume End-Game.
3. Book: Making a killing: the political economy of animal rights . Bob Torres . 68 . 2007 . Despite the problems and flaws with anarcho-primitivist thinking like Jensen's ... .
4. Web site: 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World. October 13, 2008 . 2021-08-07. 2021-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807171854/https://www.utne.com/media/50-Visionaries-Who-Are-Changing-Your-World/. live.
5. Jensen. Derrick. Amy Goodman. Democracy Now!. 26 November 2010. Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: "The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet ... It's Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance".
6. Holzman, Jael (2022). "How a Fight over Transgender Rights Derailed Environmentalists in Nevada". Politico. Politico LLC.
7. Kateman, Brian (2022). "To Save The Planet, We Need Systemic Change—But Your Individual Choices Still Matter". Forbes.
8. Web site: Controversial Speaker Sparks Outcry. Camilla Mortensen. Eugene Weekly. 8 Mar 2018. 19 July 2022.