Dancing at Armageddon
Author | : Richard G. Mitchell Jr. |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2004-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0226532461 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780226532462 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dancing at Armageddon written by Richard G. Mitchell Jr. and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Charles H. Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Richard G. Mitchell Jr. spent more than a dozen years among survivalists at public conferences, private meetings, and clandestine training camps across America. He takes us inside a compelling, hidden world more connected to the chaos of modern life many of us experience than the label "separatist" suggests. In survivalism Mitchell found a profound and meaningful critique of contemporary industrial society, a subculture in which the real evil is not repressive government but the far more insidious influence of a "Planet Microsoft" mentality with its abundance of empty choices. Survivalists, Mitchell shows us, are seeking resistance, not struggling against it; they are looking for ways to define themselves and test their talents in a society that is becoming devitalized and formless.