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[An edited version of this article appeared in May 28, 2010, issue of the Texas Observer and is online at https://www.texasobserver.org/cover-story/the-soul-seeker. This…
Robert Jensen
Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center. He collaborates with New Perennials Publishing and the New Perennials Project at Middlebury College.
Jensen is associate producer and host of Podcast from the Prairie, with Wes Jackson.
[A version of this essay was delivered as the Lawrence Dana Pinkham Memorial Lecture, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India, March 18,…
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