A Language Older Than Words

A Language Older Than Words is a non-fiction book by Derrick Jensen, first published in 2000. The author uses his own personal experience of abuse as a springboard for looking at civilization as a culture of abuse, exploring the connections between various atrocities. Jensen also urges his readers to reconnect with the land.

A Language Older Than Words

Author	Derrick Jensen
Publisher	Context Books
Pages	399
ISBN	978-1-893956-03-2

Further reading

• "A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen". Publishers Weekly. January 3, 2000. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
• "forecasts: Nonfiction". Publishers Weekly. 247 (15): 85. April 10, 2000. ISSN 0000-0019. EBSCOhost 3035712.
• Kinsella, Bridget (August 28, 2000). "An Activist Memoir Challenges The World to Listen and Heal". Publishers Weekly. 247 (35): 25. ISSN 0000-0019. EBSCOhost 3519044.
• Lindholdt, Paul (2001). "Review of A Language Older Than Words". Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. 8 (2): 276–277. ISSN 1076-0962. JSTOR 44085934.
• Reid, Calvin (September 15, 2003). "Context Books in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
• Rosen, Judith (May 27, 2003). "Chelsea Green: In Transition". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
• Rosen, Judith (July 27, 2009). "Change Makers: Margo Baldwin". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
• Shavers, Rone (Fall 2000). "Derrick Jensen's A Language Older Than Words". Bomb. No. 73.
• Stauber, John C. (March 2001). "Ancient Words". Sierra. 86 (2): 78. ISSN 0161-7362 – via EBSCOhost.