Columbus and Other Cannibals
The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
By Jack D. Forbes · 2011
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- About this editionISBN: 9781583229828, 1583229825Page count: 258Published: January 4, 2011Format: EbookPublisher: Seven Stories PressLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Jack D. ForbesContributor: Derrick JensenCreate citationTable of contentsCelebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. Forbes’s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired America’s most influential activists for decades. Frighteningly, his radical critique of the modern "civilized" lifestyle is more relevant now than ever before.
Identifying the Western compulsion to consume the earth as a sickness, Forbes writes:
"Brutality knows no boundaries. Greed knows no limits. Perversion knows no borders. . . . These characteristics all push towards an extreme, always moving forward once the initial infection sets in. . . . This is the disease of the consuming of other creatures’ lives and possessions. I call it cannibalism."
This updated edition includes a new chapter by the author.Source: PublisherGet bookBorrowFind in a librarySearch in WorldCat.Search WorldCatReviewsReviews from other sitesI love the thesis of this book, that modern civilization represents a sick psychosis that infects all of its victims with a greed for power and domination. It's an important point and I agree with it wholeheartedly. An especially poignant aspect of this "illness" is that it infects even the peopl... More" " (Jack D. Forbes) A very good psychological/anthropological study of the ways native American Indians saw their different, unique culture being clashed (and in part destroyed...) with a sadistic,materialistic and imperialist European one; white-christian culture. It's Nature -reverence values ... MoreOther editions200819922008Dec. 18, 2018Seven Stories PressAutonomediaSeven Stories PressSeven Stories PressPaperbackPaperback—Paperback233 pages160 pages233 pages272 pagesMore editionsCommon terms and phrasesactsAfricanaggressionanimalsArabarrogantauthenticauthoritarianbecomebehaviorbelieveBlack ElkbodyBrazilbrutalcabocloscannibalismcaptivityCarlos CastanedaCastanedaCatholicChristianchurchcivilianscivilizedcolonialColumbuscorruptcoursecreatedcreaturesculturedeathearthempiresenslavementespeciallyEuropeanevilexampleexploitationfearforcedformsfreedomMore terms and phrasesShow lessSimilar booksDispelling WetikoBreaking the Curse of EvilBy Paul LevyThere is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. ...About the workOriginally published: 1992Subject: History / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Self-Help / Spiritual, Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers, Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / General, History / Expeditions & Discoveries, Political Science / Imperialism, Psychology / General, America -- Discovery and exploration -- Colonization -- Race relations, Electronic books, Europe -- Colonies -- America, Indians -- Violence against -- America -- Colonization, Indians, Treatment of -- History -- America, Political scienceMOREAuthorJack D. ForbesAmerican writerJack Douglas Forbes was an American writer, scholar and political activist, who specialized in Native American issues. He is best known for his role in establishing one of the first Native American Studies programs. WikipediaSearch Jack D. ForbesMore by authorAfricans and Native AmericansThe Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black PeoplesBy Jack D. ForbesThis volume will revise the way we look at the modern populations of Latin America and North America by providing a totally new view of the history of Native American and African American peoples ...The American Discovery of EuropeBy Jack D. ForbesThe American Discovery of Europe investigates the voyages of America's Native peoples to the European continent before Columbus's 1492 arrival in the "New World." The product of over twenty years of ...Native Americans of California and NevadaBy Jack D. ForbesRevised Edition. Jack Forbes wrote this ethnographic study of Indian cultures from the prehistoric to present day times, covering an area that today is known as the states of California and Nevada. ...More booksPublisher
