Pentti Linkola
Kaarlo Pentti Linkola (7 December 1932 – 5 April 2020)[1][2][3] was a Finnish radical deep ecologist,[4] ornithologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman.
Pentti Linkola | |
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 Pentti Linkola in 2011 | |
| Born | Kaarlo Pentti Linkola 7 December 1932 Helsinki, Finland |
| Died | 5 April 2020 (aged 87) Valkeakoski, Finland |
| Period | 1955–2020 |
| Subject | Nature, ornithology, environmentalism, deep ecology |
| Notable works | Can Life Prevail?: A Revolutionary Approach to the Environmental Crisis |
| Notable awards | Eino Leino Prize 1983 |
Works
He wrote mainly about his ideas and in Finland was a well known free-thinker.[5][6]:271 Linkola was a fisherman from 1959 to 1995. He fished on Keitele, Päijänne and Gulf of Finland, and beginning in 1978 he fished on Vanajavesi.[7]
Claims
Linkola blamed humans for the ongoing degradation of the environment. He promoted rapid population decline to fight the problems commonly seen in overpopulation.[6]:271
References
- ↑ (in fi) Luonnonsuojelija Pentti Linkola on kuollut. Yleisradio. 5 April 2020. https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11293151. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ↑ (in fi) Pentti Linkola 1932-2020: Äärimmäinen luonnonsuojelija ei säästänyt itseään – ihmisten vihaajaksi luultu erakko oli loistava seuramies. Iltalehti. 5 April 2020. https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/0d02380b-5fdb-4d05-87e2-e4ac8b93fb47. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ↑ (in fi) Pentti Linkola kuoli kotonaan nukkuessaan, vielä viikko sitten hän osallistui kokoukseen, suunnitteli metsien suojelua – ja odotti, milloin linnut alkavat taas laulaa. Aamulehti. 5 April 2020. https://www.aamulehti.fi/a/0e9861e4-95cf-4db6-8dcd-e20f42aa1492. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ↑ Mika LaVaque-Manty, "Arguments and fists: political agency and justification in liberal theory", Routledge, 2002, p. 159.
- ↑ Henry Minde, Svein Jentoft, Harald Gaski, "Indigenous peoples: self-determination, knowledge, indigeneity", Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., 2008, p. 100.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 George C. Schoolfield, "A history of Finland's literature", U of Nebraska Press, 1998, p. 271.
- ↑ Turtiainen, Pekka: Kalastaja. Sääksmäki: Voipaalan taidekeskus, 2015.