![]() ![]() Instead of presenting the ‘answer’ to the student right away, the teacher helps the student deconstruct his existing worldview. The book is presented in a quasi-fictional setting, with almost the entire book consisting of a dialogue between a teacher and a student. Quinn takes a different approach with Ishmael. Natural Capitalism, Cradle to Cradle and Biomimicry), but they are quite direct and structured in making their arguments. The arguments may be supported and heightened with poetic prose (e.g. Most books on sustainability present ideas in a straight-forward, non-fiction way. Ishmael is a book which impressed me both because of its actual message, as well as the way in which the author reveals his ideas to the reader. Why does our civilisation act toward other cultures in the way we do? Why do we act toward nature in the way we do? Is it human nature that makes us behave in this way, or something else? Writing style With Ishmael, Daniel Quinn shares the fruit of his quest to understand why our civilisation acts the way it does. ![]() ![]() Rather, they are books which I discovered in those years.įavourite book of 2011: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (released 1992)Īlthough I have read books on environmentalism for many years, I was still blown away when reading Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael for the first time in 2011. These are not books which were written in 20. Blankets by Craig Thompson is the other post in the series. This is the second in a two-part series about my favourite books from the last two years. ![]()
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