ISBN10: 1619021145, ISBN13: 9781619021143, [publisher: Penguin Random House] Softcover Unread copy in mint condition
[Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]

ISBN10: 1619021145, ISBN13: 9781619021143, [publisher: Penguin Random House Group 2012-09-11, Berkeley, CA] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]

ISBN10: 1619021145, ISBN13: 9781619021143, [publisher: Counterpoint LLC, Berkeley] Softcover Paperback. When he accepted the invitation to deliver the Jefferson Lecture-our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement-Wendell Berry wanted a fresh start, not only in looking at the groundwork of the problems facing our nation and the earth itself, but in gaining hope from some examples of repair during Late Capitalism. The result is the greatest speech he has delivered in his six decades of public life. With this transcript of his speech, along with heretofore uncollected essays, It All Turns on Affection will take its place as another major testament to Berry's contribution to American thought. "These powerful, challenging essays show why Berry's vision of a sustainable, human-scaled society has proven so influential." Publishers Weekly When he accepted the invitation to deliver The Jefferson Lecture--our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement--Wendell Berry decided to take on the obligation of thinking again about the problems that have engaged him throughout his long career. He wanted a fresh start, not only in looking at the groundwork of the problems facing our nation and the earth itself, but in gaining hope from some examples of repair and healing even in these times of Late Capitalism and its destructive contagions. As a poet and writer he understood already that much can be gleaned ...