the Industrial is rational, the Agrarian is sympathetic. As he wrote in a 2002 essay, "Two Minds": The Sympathetic Mind leaves the world whole, or it attempts always to do so. It looks upon people and other creatures as whole beings. It does not parcel them out into functions and uses. The Rational Mind, by contrast, has rested its work for a long time on the proposition that all creatures are machines. This works as a sort of strainer to eliminate impurities such as affection, familiarity and loyalty from the pursuit of knowledge, power and profit.
Interesting, perhaps--but what does that have to do with our current challenges? And how could Mr. Berry's agrarianism improve our lot?
from Dallas Morning News: Wendell Berry's time is now
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