{"product_id":"dancing-at-armageddon-survivalism-and-chaos-in-modern-times-paperback-1","title":"Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard G. Mitchell Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Charles H. Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Richard G. Mitchell Jr. spent more than a dozen years among survivalists at public conferences, private meetings, and clandestine training camps across America. He takes us inside a compelling, hidden world more connected to the chaos of modern life many of us experience than the label \"separatist\" suggests. In survivalism Mitchell found a profound and meaningful critique of contemporary industrial society, a subculture in which the real evil is not repressive government but the far more insidious influence of a \"Planet Microsoft\" mentality with its abundance of empty choices. Survivalists, Mitchell shows us, are seeking resistance, not struggling against it; they are looking for ways to define themselves and test their talents in a society that is becoming devitalized and formless.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Mitchell Jr. spent more than a dozen years among survivalists at public conferences, private meetings, and clandestine training camps across America. He takes us inside a compelling, hidden world more connected to the chaos of modern life many of us experience than the label separatist suggests. In survivalism Mitchell found a profound and meaningful critique of contemporary industrial society, a subculture in which the real evil is not repressive government but the far more insidious influence of a Planet Microsoft mentality with its abundance of empty choices. Survivalists, Mitchell shows us, are seeking resistance, not struggling against it; they are looking for ways to define themselves and test their talents in a society that is becoming devitalized and formless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Mitchell Jr. spent more than a dozen years among survivalists at public conferences, private meetings, and clandestine training camps across America. He takes us inside a compelling, hidden world more connected to the chaos of modern life many of us experience than the label \"separatist\" suggests. In survivalism Mitchell found a profound and meaningful critique of contemporary industrial society, a subculture in which the real evil is not repressive government but the far more insidious influence of a \"Planet Microsoft\" mentality with its abundance of empty choices. Survivalists, Mitchell shows us, are seeking resistance, not struggling against it; they are looking for ways to define themselves and test their talents in a society that is becoming devitalized and formless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard G. Mitchell Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of sociology at Oregon State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMountain Experience: The Psychology and Sociology of Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecrecy and Fieldwork\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eExploring Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 275\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.78 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135266459783,"sku":"9780226532462","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4f095adb30e0e195eacacfa3614821c8_0f9f4cc0-9593-41b2-b758-7744d76d6e24.webp?v=1732648191","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dancing-at-armageddon-survivalism-and-chaos-in-modern-times-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}