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Pope, Richard

 
9780228005308: Flight from Grace: A Cultural History of Humans and Birds
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0228005302 ISBN 13 : 9780228005308
Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Human animals are despoiling nature and causing a sixth extinction on Earth. Our natural environment is being compromised, and birds and other animals are disappearing at an alarming rate. Flight from Grace does not so much reveal the extent of the damage as ask and answer the perplexing question: why?

This book traces human reverence for birds and nature from the Stone Age and the New Stone Age, through the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Peru, and Greece and through biblical traditions, up to its vestiges in the present. Richard Pope takes a hard look at Judaeo-Christian and ancient Greek thought to demonstrate how the emergence of anthropocentrism and belittling of nature led to our present-day ecological dilemma. Striking images of cultural artifacts -- many little-known -- together with extensive discussion of art, music, literature, and religion illustrate the paradox in our contemporary relationship to the natural world. Humanity, in moving from its paleolithic origins to modern times, has simultaneously distanced itself from and disenchanted nature.

Suggesting that the replacement of an animistic worldview with a mechanistic one has led humans to deny their animality, Flight from Grace calls on readers to appreciate how our past relationship with birds might help transform our current relationship with nature. 114 photos, colour throughout.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Pope, lifelong birder and naturalist, is a retired professor of Russian literature and culture. He lives with his wife in Cobourg, Ontario.

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Éditeur
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0228005302
ISBN 13 
9780228005308
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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