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Aaron Sachs

Up From the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times

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Herman Melville; illustration by Maya Chessman.

Siding with Ahab

Can we appreciate Herman Melville’s work without attributing to it schemes for the uplift of modern man?

by Christopher Benfey via New York Review of Books on July 25, 2024

A family tree relating Aaron Sachs' book "Up From the Depths" with Lewis Mumford and Herman Melville.

Why Reading History for Its “Lessons” Misses the Point

On Lewis Mumford, Herman Melville, and the gentle art of looking back in time.

by Daniel Immerwahr via Slate on June 6, 2022

Photograph of two of the original organizers preparing for the first Earth Day (1970). At left, a woman holds up two advertisements for the event. In front, a man stares into the camera (Denis Hayes) while holding a phone.

The Fate of Earth Day

What has gone wrong with the modern environmental movement and its political organizing.

by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on April 8, 2013

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