Kunstler biography

American writer, social critic, blogger

James Howard Kunstler is an American writer, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012).

In The Long Emergency, he imagines peak oil and oil depletion resulting in the end of industrialized society, forcing Americans to live in smaller-scale, localized, agrarian or semi-agrarian communities.

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He uses speculative fiction to portray this type of future in World Made by Hand.

Background

Kunstler was born in New York City to Jewish parents,^[1] who divorced when he was eight.^[2] His family then moved to the suburbs on Long Island. His biological father was a middleman in the diamond trade.^[1] Kunstler spent most of his childhood with his mother and stepfather, a publicist for Broadway shows.^[1] Whil William Kunstler - Wikipedia CIGA