The Unsettling of America - Culture & Agriculture confessions George Washington University

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the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life

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The Unsettling of America - Culture & Agriculture confessions George Washington UniversitySince its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Todays agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the landfrom the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it. Sadly, his arguments and observations are more