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# The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

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    Wendell Berry's thinking on agriculture, land, and people
  

*by G***G on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2020*

Wendell Berry has been writing about agriculture and agrarianism since the 1960s. His thinking on these subjects is part of a broader philosophy oft place, community, stewardship, and faith. He has expressed it in essays, novels, short stories, poetry, speeches and interviews. The agrarian essays have been collected and published as “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry.” Edited by Norman Wirzba, the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Theology at Duke University, the 21 essays collectively represent the man’s thinking on the land and how it’s used and misused.After reading the collection, it can be said that reading one essay is like reading them all. Not because he is repetitious, for he is never that, but because he is holistic, writing from a unified perspective. (In some cases, he’s speaking, for several of the essays are speeches.) You might disagree with what he says, but he always makes his points with consistency, politeness, and insight into the human character as well as the wiles and strategies of the modern culture.The essays, written from the 1960s to the 1990s, cover a diverse array of subjects, all related to Berry’s agrarian philosophy. These include what he calls “the unsettling of America,” feminism, racism, marriage, health, land, community, conservation, pleasure, the idea of a local economy, energy, eating, and the role of Christianity. His Christian faith informs and infuses his agrarian ideas; he might say there is no difference between his Christian faith and agrarianism.Berry paints a stark contrast between industrialism, technology, and progress with agrarianism. “Whereas industrialism is a way of though based on monetary capital and technology,” he says, “agrarianism is a way of thought based on land. Agrarianism, furthermore, is a culture at the same time it is an economy. Industrialism is an economy before it is a culture.”What’s fascinating is how Berry ties our understanding of the land into a host of related areas, like the division of roles in marriage, racism, technology and technological progress, and the mentality of exploitation. And he says that the purpose of technological progress is not love of God, family, or country, but money and ease. And right there he pits himself against not only Big Agriculture but also Big Government with its hordes of experts.Berry is an important figure in agriculture and America, and the essays in “The Art of the Commonplace” go far in explaining why. It’s a solid collection, assembled and organized well, and represent the man’s broad thinking on agriculture, land, and people.

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    Still haven't found what I'm looking for..
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2018*

I suppose I was expecting Aldo Leopold from an area closer to me. The book is fine if that  your taste run to the flowery but I found it a little stilted and hard to keep my interest.  It just wasn't my cup of tea, doesn't mean it isn't an excellent book. Berry has a lot of insight but coming from an area so close to where I live, I expected him to be a little more concise.

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    Wholesome and eye opening
  

*by J***O on Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020*

This collection of essays covers many topics of importance in life. Even though some were written almost half a century ago, their description of our current culture is by my opinion accurate and at times prophetic for its era. I believe this book is a very relevant read for what’s happening in our world: crisis due to widespread loneliness, crisis due to climate change, crisis due to distrust in government and so many more.

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