What People Say
‘This is the most powerful and important book I have read in years. It is simply brilliant. The writing is searingly vivid, and it is a compulsive read. Kingsnorth is unflinching in his keen-eyed gaze, and the message is chilling: but he is also inspiring in his determination that we must survive, and he points the way to what ultimately matters. This book should be required reading not only for politicians, technocrats, teachers and all who help shape our world, but for every still-living soul in this terrifying age of the Machine.’
- Iain McGilchrist
Against The Machine
‘The most powerful and important book I have read in years.’ - Iain McGilchrist
Against the Machine is an account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us. The culmination of two decades of my writing and thinking about technology, culture, spirituality and politics, it seeks to offer an insight into how the techno-industrial culture that I call ‘the Machine’ has choked Western civilisation, is destroying the Earth itself, and is reshaping us all in its image. From the First Industrial Revolution to the rise of artificial intelligence, this book shows how the hollowing out of humanity has been a long game—and how our very soul is now at stake. Against the Machine is the spiritual manual for dissidents in the technological age.
Against the Machine is published by Penguin on 23rd September 2025.
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