| This paper explores the theory and practice of monkeywrenching as espoused by Ed Abbey, and the state response to such environmental activism. Typically, the state defines such actions as 'eco-terrorism" and responds accordingly, while the "vandals" themselves often appear to be having fun. It is suggested that the overreaction to monkeywrenching can be explained in part by the fact that play, especially play with nature, is an affront to the deadly earnest approach to life sponsored by industrialism.
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