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Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen (2020)
Derrick Jensen (2020)
Born (1960-12-19) December 19, 1960 (age 64)
Nebraska, United States[1]
Occupation
  • Writer
  • author
  • activist
LanguageEnglish
Education
Subject[2][3]
Website
derrickjensen.org

Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author and environmentalist in the anarcho-primitivist tradition,[4][5] though he rejects the label "anarchist". Utne Reader named Jensen among "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" in 2008,[6] and Democracy Now! says that he "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecology movement".[7]

Lierre Keith (left) and Jensen (right) with Deep Green Resistance at Occupy Oakland in 2011

Jensen is a critic of the mainstream environmental movement's focus on preserving civilization and technology over preserving the natural world.[8] He specifically challenges the lifestyle changes and individualistic solutions broadly advocated, considering them drastically inadequate to the global scale of environmental catastrophe.[9] 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".[8]

Along with Lierre Keith, Jensen is a founder and leader within Deep Green Resistance.

His belief, and the organization's position, that women-only spaces should exclude trans women has drawn criticism.[10][8]

Jensen lives in Crescent City, California.[1]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cejnar, Jessica (March 4, 2016). "Prolific author calls Crescent City home". derrickjensen.org. Del Norte Triplicate.
  2. ^ Jensen, Derrick (March 10, 2019). This Is Your Brain On Censorship. YouTube (Podcast). As people may know, I had a book that was meant to come out in November, and the publisher in August pulled the book. And he pulled the book because I dared to critique Queer Theory. And he didn't even cite anything that I had said. He said "I can't find anything you've said that is inaccurate, but it is" - to put it in his words - "a misuse of truth to say these things", whatever that means.
  3. ^ McCain, Robert Stacy (September 25, 2019). "Queer Theory Pedophilia Jeopardy". The Other McCain.
  4. ^ Sean Esbjörn-Hargens; Michael E. Zimmerman (2009). Integral ecology: Uniting multiple perspectives on the natural world. p. 492. Anarcho-primitivists ... See ... Derrick Jensen's recent two-volume End-Game
  5. ^ Bob Torres (2007). Making a killing: the political economy of animal rights. p. 68. Despite the problems and flaws with anarcho-primitivist thinking like Jensen's ...
  6. ^ "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World". October 13, 2008. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Jensen, Derrick (November 26, 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"". Democracy Now! (Interview). Interviewed by Amy Goodman.
  8. ^ a b c Holzman, Jael (2022). "How a Fight over Transgender Rights Derailed Environmentalists in Nevada". Politico. Politico LLC.
  9. ^ Kateman, Brian (2022). "To Save The Planet, We Need Systemic Change—But Your Individual Choices Still Matter". Forbes.
  10. ^ Camilla Mortensen (March 8, 2018). "Controversial Speaker Sparks Outcry". Eugene Weekly. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  11. ^ https://deepgreenresistance.net/
  12. ^ Jensen, Derrick (March 10, 2019). This Is Your Brain On Censorship. YouTube (Podcast). As people may know, I had a book that was meant to come out in November, and the publisher in August pulled the book. And he pulled the book because I dared to critique Queer Theory. And he didn't even cite anything that I had said. He said "I can't find anything you've said that is inaccurate, but it is" - to put it in his words - "a misuse of truth to say these things", whatever that means.
  13. ^ McCain, Robert Stacy (September 25, 2019). "Queer Theory Pedophilia Jeopardy". The Other McCain.

Further reading

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