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here is great stillness in Berger's prose. But after a few pages, his statements start to sing and go on singing." -- New Republic As a novelist, art critic, and cultural historian, John Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting insight whose work amounts to a subtle, powerful... read more

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The 19th century, in western Europe and North America, saw the beginning of a process, today being completed by 20th century corporate capitalism, by which every tradition which has previously mediated between man and nature was broken.

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  1. John Berger (Author)
 

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