The Tender Carnivore And The Sacred Game

Author : Paul Shepard
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780820342320

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The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game by Paul Shepard Pdf

In what may be his boldest and most controversial book, Paul Shepard presents an account of human behavior and ecology in light of our past. In it, he contends that agriculture is responsible for our ecological decline and looks to the hunting and gathering lifestyle as a model more closely in tune with our essential nature. Shepard advocates affirming the profound and beautiful nature of the hunter and gatherer, redefining agriculture and combining technology with hunting and gathering to recover a livable environment and peaceful society.

Author : Lt. Col. Dave Grossman,Linda K. Miller,Capt. Keith A. Cunningham
Publisher : BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781424564934

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On Hunting by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman,Linda K. Miller,Capt. Keith A. Cunningham Pdf

Hunting is our heritage, our heart, and our future. Where does hunting fit in the modern world? To many, it can seem outdated or even cruel, but as On Hunting affirms, hunting is holistic, honest, and continually relevant. Authors Grossman, Miller, and Cunningham dive deep into the ancient past of hunting and examine its position today, demonstrating that we cannot understand humanity without first understanding hunting. Readers will · discover how hunting formed us, · examine hunting ethics and their adaptation to modernity, · understand the challenges, traditions, and reverence of today’s hunter, · identify hunting skills and their many applications outside the field, · learn why hunting is critical to ecological restoration and preservation, and · gain inspiration to share hunting with others. Drawing from ecology, philosophy, and anthropology and sprinkled with campfire stories, this wide-ranging examination has rich depths for both nonhunters and hunters alike. On Hunting shows that we need hunting still—and so does the wild earth we inhabit.

Author : Shierry Weber Nicholsen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0262250438

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The Love of Nature and the End of the World by Shierry Weber Nicholsen Pdf

A psychological exploration of how the love of nature can coexist in our psyches with apathy toward environmental destruction. Virtually everyone values some aspect of the natural world. Yet many people are surprisingly unconcerned about environmental issues, treating them as the province of special interest groups. Seeking to understand how our appreciation for the beauty of nature and our indifference to its destruction can coexist in us, Shierry Weber Nicholsen explores dimensions of our emotional experience with the natural world that are so deep and painful that they often remain unspoken. The Love of Nature and the End of the World is a gathering of meditations and collages. Its evocations of our emotional attachment to the natural world and the emotional impact of environmental deterioration are meant to encourage individual and collective reflection on a difficult dilemma. Nicholsen draws on work in environmental philosophy and ecopsychology; the writings of psychoanalytic thinkers such as Wilfred Bion, Donald Meltzer, and D. W. Winnicott; and ideas from Buddhist and Sufi traditions. She shows how our emotional responses to the vulnerabilities of the natural world range from intense caring and compassion, through grief and outrage, to diffuse depression. Individual chapters focus on silence and the process whereby we move from the unspoken to the spoken, the love of nature, the "perceptual reciprocity" with the natural world to which we might mature, beauty in the human and natural realms, the psychological impact of the destruction of the natural world, and reflections on the future.

Author : Mary Zeiss Stange
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807046396

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Woman the Hunter by Mary Zeiss Stange Pdf

Over two million American women hunt. By taking up weapons for the explicit purpose of killing, they are shattering one of Western culture's oldest and most firmly entrenched taboos. The image of a woman 'armed and dangerous' is profoundly threatening to our collective psyche--and it is rejected by macho males and radical feminists alike. Woman the Hunter juxtaposes unsettlingly beautiful accounts of the author's own experiences hunting deer, antelope, and elk with an argument that builds on the work of thinkers from Aldo Leopold to Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Exploring how women and men relate to nature and violence, Mary Zeiss Stange demonstrates how false assumptions about women and about hunting permeate contemporary thought. Her book is a profound critique of our society's evasion of issues that make us uncomfortable, and it culminates in a surprising claim: that only by appreciating the value of hunting can we come to understand what it means to be human. Controversial and original, defying easy stereotypes,Woman the Hunter is sure to provoke strong reactions in almost every reader.

Author : Paul Shepard
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780820342337

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Nature and Madness by Paul Shepard Pdf

Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence--we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth, our past, and nature. Ultimately encouraging, he notes, "There is a secret person undamaged in every individual. We have not lost, and cannot lose, the genuine impulse."

Author : Stephen Bodio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762794034

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Sportsman's Library by Stephen Bodio Pdf

100 Essential, Engaging, Offbeat, and Occasionally Odd Fishing and Hunting Books for the Adventurous Reader

Author : Franklin Kalinowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349948987

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America's Environmental Legacies by Franklin Kalinowski Pdf

This powerful book focuses on the capacity of the American political system to respond to ecological challenges through policy perspectives, the constraints of our written Constitution, and the determination we muster to address these tests of national character. Put simply, this is a book about politics, policy, and political will. Kalinowski brilliantly shows that America’s collective will is found in the cultural values enunciated by the Founding Fathers and passed down through history with modifications. It comprises the essential missing ingredient in determining how we currently respond to crises. Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison had distinct ideas concerning the role that Nature might play in the future. Recognizing the origins and impacts of their environmental legacies is the key to interpreting where American environmental politics is today, how we got here, and where we might be headed.

Author : Dolores LaChapelle
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1574410075

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D.H. Lawrence by Dolores LaChapelle Pdf

This book will change the way you think about D. H. Lawrence. Critics have tried to define him as a Georgian poet, an imagist, a vitalist, a follower of the French symbolists, a romantic or a transcendentalist, but none of the usual labels fit. The same theme runs through all his work, beginning with his very first novel, The White Peacock, and ending with the last line of his final book, Apocalypse. Always it is nature. He said this over and over again, and no one - especially those who feared the "old ways" of harmonious and balanced living on the earth - understood him.

Author : Robert Bly
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780679781288

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The Sibling Society by Robert Bly Pdf

Where have all the grownups gone? In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, poet, storyteller and translator Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society, " in which adults have regressed into adolescence and adolescents refuse to grow up.

Author : Forrest Wood
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0761804722

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The Delights and Dilemmas of Hunting by Forrest Wood Pdf

The pro-hunting/anti-hunting controversy is a national issue that reaches from California to New York to Florida. Hunters defend their activity while anti-hunters vehemently condemn it. This book presents arguments from both groups and will help to broaden the perspective of each side. This book will be useful to students and scholars of environmental ethics. Contents: The Case for Hunting; The Case Against Hunting; Leopold's Ethics of Hunting; Political and Religious Factors of Hunting; Responsibility, Challenge and the Future.

Author : Matthew Buttsworth
Publisher : Matt Buttsworth
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Deep ecology
ISBN : 9780987062826

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Eden and the Fall by Matthew Buttsworth Pdf

Author : Ed Ayres
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781615191864

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The Longest Race by Ed Ayres Pdf

“It soon becomes clear that this book isn’t just about an athletic race. It’s also about the human race” (Bloomberg Businessweek). Having run in more than six hundred races over the span of fifty-five years, Ed Ayres is a legendary distance runner—and this book is his urgent exploration of the connection between individual endurance and a sustainable society. The Longest Race begins in 2001 at the starting line of the JFK 50 Mile—the nation’s oldest and largest ultramarathon and, like other such races, it’s an epic test of human limits and aspiration. At age sixty, his sights set on breaking the age-division record, Ayres embarks on a course over the rocky ridge of the Appalachian Trail, along the headwind-buffeted towpath of the Potomac River, and past momentous Civil War sites such as Harpers Ferry and Antietam. But even as Ayres focuses on an endurance runner’s familiar concerns—starting strong and setting the right pace, controlling his breathing, overcoming fatigue, and staying mindful of the course ahead—he finds himself as preoccupied with the future of our planet as with the finish line. A veteran journalist and environmental editor, Ayres reveals how the skills and mindset necessary to complete an ultramarathon are also essential for grappling anew with the imperative to endure—not only as individuals, but as a society—and not just for fifty miles, but over the real long haul, in a unique meditation that “ought to be required reading even for people who have never run a step” (The Boston Globe). “He seamlessly moves between discussing running to exploring larger life issues such as why we run, our impact on the environment, and the effects of the nation’s declining physical fitness . . . Thought provoking.” ―Booklist “To read this book is to run alongside a seasoned athlete, a deep thinker, and a great storyteller. And Ayres doesn’t disappoint: He is the best kind of running companion, generously doling out hilarious stories and hard-won insights into performance conditioning and the human condition. His lifetime of ultra-running and environmental writing drive his exploration of what keeps us running long distances―and what it might take to keep the planet from being run into the ground.” ―Nature Conservancy magazine

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Anarcho-primitivism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dermot Moran,Lester E. Embree
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Phenomenology
ISBN : 0415310423

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Phenomenology by Dermot Moran,Lester E. Embree Pdf

This set reprints the essential scholarship published in the field. It includes a general introduction by the editors, as well as individual volume introductions, exploring and contextualising the main themes of the comprehensively covered tradition. This is a key point of reference for anyone researching the phenomenological tradition.

Author : Harlan B. Miller,William H. Williams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461256236

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Ethics and Animals by Harlan B. Miller,William H. Williams Pdf

This volume is a collection of essays concerned with the morality of hu man treatment of nonhuman animals. The contributors take very different approaches to their topics and come to widely divergent conclusions. The goal of the volume as a whole is to shed a brighter light upon an aspect of human life-our relations with the other animals-that has recently seen a great increase in interest and in the generation of heat. The discussions and debates contained herein are addressed by the contributors to each other, to the general public, and to the academic world, especially the biological, philosophical, and political parts of that world. The essays are organized into eight sections by topics, each sec tion beginning with a brief introduction linking the papers and the sec tions to one another. There is also a general introduction and an Epilog that suggests alternate possible ways of organizing the material. The first two sections are concerned with the place of animals in the human world: Section I with the ways humans view animals in literature, philosophy, and other parts of human culture, and Section II with the place of animals in human legal and moral community. The next three sections concern comparisons between human and nonhuman animals: Section III on the rights and wrongs of killing, Section IV on the humanity of animals and the animality of humans, and Section V on questions of the conflict of human and animal interests.