Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry | Book Club

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Pages to read: 189
ISBN: 9781619024472 (Originally listed edition, and Edition I am using)

While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•How are facts related to other facts?
•How should democratic societies approach issues within their society?
•Why is there a need to maintain communities?
•How does the environment get used in the economy?
•Do democratic leaders represent the citizens?
•What sacrifices are worth the price of war?
•What is the difference between defensive and preemptive action? How do they impact citizens?
•How does government withholding secret information reflect the public?
•What is the difference between terrorism and war?
•How is terrorism and war justified?
•What does a war on terrorism mean?
•Is any nation good or evil?
•How to cooperate with other nations, while maintaining the ability to act alone?
•Does national security depend on self-sufficiency?
•Is war or peace profitable?
•Can peace brought about by violence?
•What costs does economic activities have?
•Why do individuals delegate economic and political activities to others? What are the consequences of the delegation?
•What are product histories and do citizens need to know them?
•How is globalization managed?
•How is agriculture managed?
•What are the limits to knowledge?
•How should ancestors be judged?
•What are the advantages and consequences of popularity?
•How do movements behave?
•What do large concentration of animals and large fields of monoculture evolutionary produce?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.

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