The idea is specious and biologically misleading. This refers to a 'hierchy of being' expounded first by Thomas Aquinas and modified subsequently, that basically says there has been a dynamic, and moreover morally important, unfolding from 'basic' amoebas all the way through echinodemers to humans. Less defensible is Bookchin's repeated invocation of Scala Natura. While not exactly forgivable, this omission is at least understandable. that gerontocracy was the first 'hierarchy') are annoying. Thus, the sparce referencing of his historical and archaelogical claims (e.g. This book basically is a summary of stuff Bookchin has said elsewhere, in perhaps a slightly more accessible, if vaguer, form. Everyone is welcome to participate, we ask for a suggested donation of $20 from those who can afford it – no one turned away for lack of funds.First of all, sorry for the no picture, I couldn't find one off the web to steal, and the bookcover was taken off the library edition I read so taking my own photograph would've been pointless. To register for the reading group, please complete the form at the bottom of the page or contact us at. We aim for an engaging, informative, and interactive seminar atmosphere where we can grapple with the insights of this classic work. A digital copy of the text will be provided, hard copies can be ordered via AK Press. Our conversations can continue between sessions via an optional online discussion forum. We will record and post video from each session afterward. An ISE facilitator will introduce the central themes of the week and pose some potential questions to guide the discussion. Hosted by the Institute for Social Ecology, this free 8-week reading group will meet weekly via Zoom video seminar. Starting with the simple yet radical premise that the “very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human,” this rich work creatively draws from philosophy, anthropology, ecology, history, political theory, and more to evocatively describe not only the emergence of hierarchy, but its potential transcendence by a new society that is ecological, democratic, and truly free. Murray Bookchin’s book The Ecology of Freedom has become a classic of left ecological thought.

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