Odalism

 Odalism

In an age of multiculturalism, political corruption and spiritual decay, brave heroes of today try to win back the ideas of that which goes beyond individual focus. The overall rootlessness and lack of cultural and racial identity, are causing millions of insecure people to strike out at anything and anyone that wish to stay far away from the plastic and materialistic lifestyle of modern society, and return to the wisdom of forefathers and ancient knowledge. Nationalists realize that mixing two unique cultures together require a compromise, where each culture lose its own integrity and therefore in the end will become commercial food for the companies to take advantage of. As such, nationalism today is a very important part of freeing the modern soul from a trapped world, and instead let it engage with its natural roots and "find" an identity carried in blood, not in materials or subcultural lifestyles.

Although nationalism functions as an important way of fighting back against the modern insanities and to slowly but steadily build up healthier sets of ideas and beliefs, it has today relapsed into fragmentized thinking and lost its relevance in a larger worldview. When you attack a complex problem by thinking one easy way will solve it all, you are completely misinterpreting the situation. Nothing in this world is so binary, that we by using one utopian method suddenly can turn things over and present a brand new world of sunshine and loving. It simply does not work that way.

Conversation with Dave Foreman

Dave Foreman:

A Dialogue with Derrick Jensen

from EcoFuture

"For more than twenty years, Dave Foreman has been at the forefront of the conservation movement, working where political activism intersects with ecological philosophy. In the 1970s, believing that the best way to preserve wilderness was to work within the system, he became the Southwest regional representative of The Wilderness Society. In 1980, disillusioned by the inability of mainstream conservation organizations to halt the destructive forces within our culture, he cofounded Earth First! The goal of Earth First! was to help develop a biocentric worldview and to translate that philosophy into action by fighting with uncompromising passion for the Earth.

More recently Dave Foreman helped to found The Wildlands Project, an effort bringing together grassroots activists and conservation biologists to design and establish linked areas of wilderness extensive enough to support large mammals. In addition to being chair of The Wildlands Project, he is executive editor of Wild Earth magazine and author of Confessions of an Eco-Warrior and The Big Outside (with Howie Wolke)." -- Derrick Jensen