Avatar and Nature Spirituality - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155458843X ISBN 13 : 9781554588435

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Avatar and Nature Spirituality explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron's film Avatar (2010), one of the most commercially successful motion pictures of all time. Its success was due in no small measure to the beauty of the Pandora landscape and the dramatic, heart-wrenching plight of its nature-venerating inhabitants. To some audience members, the film was inspirational, leading them to express affinity with the film's message of ecological interdependence and animistic spirituality. Some were moved to support the efforts of indigenous peoples, who were metaphorically and sympathetically depicted in the film, to protect their cultures and environments. To others, the film was politically, ethically, or spiritually dangerous. Indeed, the global reception to the film was intense, contested, and often confusing.

To illuminate the film and its reception, this book draws on an interdisciplinary team of scholars, experts in indigenous traditions, religious studies, anthropology, literature and film, and post-colonial studies. Readers will learn about the cultural and religious trends that gave rise to the film and the reasons these trends are feared, resisted, and criticized, enabling them to wrestle with their own views, not only about the film but about the controversy surrounding it. Like the film itself, Avatar and Nature Spirituality provides an opportunity for considering afresh the ongoing struggle to determine how we should live on our home planet, and what sorts of political, economic, and spiritual values and practices would best guide us.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bron Taylor is a professor at the University of Florida and a fellow of the Rachel Carson Center in Munich. His books include Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future (2010), and he is the editor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005) and the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. His website is www.brontaylor.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155458843X
• ISBN 13: 9781554588435
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 378
• Éditeur: Taylor Bron
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible