Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of ethics, sustainability, and global catastrophe. Largely framed as a Socratic conversation between two characters, Ishmael aims to expose that several widely accepted assumptions of modern society, such …
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Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of ethics, sustainability, and global catastrophe. Largely framed as a Socratic conversation between two characters, Ishmael aims to expose that several widely accepted assumptions of modern society, such as human supremacy, are actually cultural myths that produce catastrophic consequences for humankind and the environment. The novel was awarded the $500,000 Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991, a year before its formal publication.Ishmael is part of a loose trilogy that includes a 1996 spiritual sequel, The Story of B, and a 1997 "sidequel," My Ishmael. Quinn also details how he arrived at the ideas behind Ishmael in his 1994 autobiography, Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest. Yet another related book is Quinn's 1999 short treatise, Beyond Civilization.
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Ishmael
Paperback, 266 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 1995 by Bantam.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-37540-4Copied ISBN!
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- 227265
Ishmael
E-book
English language
Published July 29, 2010 by Random House Publishing Group.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-307-57480-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 612306788
Ishmael
Audio cassette
English language
Published May 1, 1995 by Random House Audio.
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- 978-0-553-47052-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 25255316
Ishmael
266 pages
English language
Published July 29, 1992 by Bantam/Turner Book.
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- 978-0-553-07875-6Copied ISBN!
Ishmael
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published July 1, 1993 by Bantam.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-56166-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 28600046
Ishmael
English language
Published May 1, 1995 by Tandem Library.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-613-08093-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 61846897
Ismael
250 pages
German language
Published Aug. 1, 1994 by Goldmann.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-42376-7Copied ISBN!
Ishmael : L'homme une fois disparu, y aura-t-il un espoir pour le gorille ?
French language
- ISBN:
- 978-2-490403-05-9Copied ISBN!
Ishmael
Unknown Binding
English language
Published May 29, 1995 by Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-606-24184-7Copied ISBN!
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