Truths Among Us: Conversations on Building a New Culture (Flashpoint Press) - Softcover

"Derrick Jensen is a man driven to stare without flinching at the baleful design of our culture... His analysis of our culture's predilection for hatred and destruction will rattle your bones." --Daniel Quinn, author, "Ishmael"

"Derrick Jensen is the green thinker and writer who's out to tell us not what we want to hear but what we need to hear." --Utne Reader, "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World"

"An appealing diversity of voices, each articulating a different vision of environmental activism...they promote diverse paths toward a deep connection to place and nature -- a connection that could lay the basis for significant social transformation." --"The Independent" on" How Shall I Live My Life?"

"Jensen has compiled an ambitious compendium of truly important issues, and the book is an eye-opening and educational read." --"Political Media Review" on "Resistance Against Empire"

"Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world. He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a wonderful guide to a good life beautifully lived." --Howard Zinn, author, "A People's History of the United States"

"Although the book offers a compelling account of the thoughts of these scholars, on rare occasions the book takes a personal twist . . . lending this thought-provoking series of interviews an intimate dimension." --"Publishers Weekly "(October 10, 2011)

"If there is any word that immediately comes to mind when reflecting on this book, it has to be 'possibility' because the content of each interview reminds me that there are always people in the world who are thinking on levels that most others aren't." --www.PoliticalMediaReview.org (October 2011)

Interviews with 10 leading writers, philosophers, teachers and activists share their arguments against societal beliefs that corporations and governments know what is best for humanity's future, in a compendium that explores such topics as the humanity of gang members, the psychology of abuse and the limits of Western spirituality. Original.