Wedell Berry
Berry, Wendell. Sex, Economy, Freedom, & Community. New York. Pantheon Books. 1993.Wendell Berry, self-styled intellectual, social commentator and purveyor of common sense, authored a biting series of essays on the state of American life and economy, compiled in 1993 under the title Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community. This collection of commentaries on varied aspects of existence as Americans in the emerging global community is worthy of note in many of its accurate criticisms of American waste and pompousness, while laughable in regard to many of its assertions on matters of public policy. As such, one can gather a dual image of Berry as both narrow-minded ideologue and insightful cynic. So, while “Sex…” is certainly an easy read, the same does not apply to its author. Berry introduces his essays with a preface centered on the value of education and the importance of understanding. It is here that the Kentuckian’s backwoods wit shines in all its sarcastic glory. In a hilarious incisive listing of the basic assumptions accepted by most participants in modern “higher” education, Berry cites the system’s failures and mocks its current goals. To point out the common understanding of the utility of education as a career tool, de
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Approximate Word count = 1448
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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