The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice

The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice

Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continues the work he began in The Hidden Wound (1970) and The Unsettling of America (1977), demanding a care…

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