The Collapse of 2020, Kirkpatrick Sale
The Collapse of 2020, Kirkpatrick Sale
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The Collapse of 2020

Author: Kirkpatrick Sale

Narrator: Kirkpatrick Sale, Cassandra Medcalf, Kirkpatrick Sale

Unabridged: 1 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2020


Synopsis

In this short, powerful, and thoroughly documented book Kirkpatrick Sale, who has been on the cutting edge of American social commentary for fifty years, makes a compelling case for the dangers that this world faces now and the real possibility of the imminent collapse of civilization as we know it. It is a work that is a must-read for those who are prepared to figure out how to survive this coming catastrophe.
“If it’s radical and leading edge, Sale probably wrote about it sooner and better than anyone else.” – Utne Reader
“I am filled with admiration.” – Joseph Heller, author of Catch 22
“His topics of concern are broad and expansive, just as they always bring the reader back to basic valuing of community, nature and sustainability.... Honest, forthright, and so clear in his perceptions that you can’t help but be affected by them.” – Chellis Glendinning, author of In the Company of Rebels

Reviews

A Bit Misanthropic & Hysterically Pessimistic I had high hopes for this book, that Sale would speak to the issue of destructive materialism. Instead, what I read was a invective against the blight of humanity in the name of a pagan Greek god. After reading "Emancipation Hell," I was under the naive a......more

Goodreads review by Philip

Short book. Mainly a long read essay of 31 pages. The rest is citations to support facts he elucidates. Even if half of what he writes is the truth, then anyone reading this should be terrified especially if you'll be alive towards the latter half of this century and what will happen to the world's......more

Goodreads review by Victor

Looks like Sale was taking note for a future book. Amazing that he was writing it when COVID was already unfolding, maybe finishing off the last draft in March 2020, and there's no mention of it whatsoever.......more