The Five Stages of Collapse

Review, Carolyn Baker, Speaking Truth to Power April 7,2013 <br>I am a huge fan of Dmitry's work, and I must concur with Richard Heinberg who says, Even if I believed collapse were impossible I'd still read everything Dmitry Orlov writes: he's that entertaining. Incisive articulation of reality tempered with irrepressible humor and sarcasm define his writing style and not only compel us to stay with what some describe as a dark Russian perspective, but reveal a man who has found a way to live with what is so and navigate it with buoyant humanity. <br> The Five Stages of Collapse is nothing less than a definitive textbook for a hypothetical course entitled The Collapse Of Industrial Civilization 101 or perhaps a bible of sorts for an imaginary Institute of Collapse Studies. While to my knowledge no such courses or organizations presently exist, this book would be an essential aspect of any such entity's credibility. <p>Review, Michael C. Ruppert, April 18, 2013 <br>The writing of this book was a rotten job, but it was absolutely necessary. If someone had to do it, I am very glad that it was Dmitry Orlov. Without his wit, alacrity and experience, the task of beating the horse of the Cartesian approach to understanding our dying world to death would have resulted in something unbearably maddening, dry and uninspiring. In this book he sneaks some LOLROF side-splitters in when you least expect them. One gathers from Orlov's painstaking efforts, the futility of looking to outdated constructs and philosophies for understanding and relief from a crisis that demands complete innovation and inspiration. <br>Reading closely, one sees Orlov carefully planting seeds of reconciliation with our planet and each other throughout--as a fundamental baseline. He arrives at places outside the box of the current meme by using methodologies and analyses that are sacramental within the meme. That's an achievement. Perhaps in his next book he will stand on tha