Steven Best

Steven Best
Born	December 1955 (age 68) United States
Alma mater	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Chicago University of Texas at Austin
Occupation(s)	Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso
Known for	Co-founder of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
Notable work	(ed.) Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals (2004)
Website	drstevebest.wordpress.com

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Books and publications Walden, or life in the woods (1854) Fields, Factories, and Workshops (1899) Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902) Post-Scarcity Anarchism (1971) The Ecology of Freedom (1982) Green Anarchist (1984) Future Primitive and Other Essays (1994)
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Steven Best (born December 1955) is an American philosopher, writer, speaker and activist. His concerns include animal rights, species extinction, human overpopulation, ecological crisis, biotechnology, liberation politics, terrorism, mass media and culture, globalization, and capitalist domination. He is Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has published 13 books and over 200 articles and reviews.