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  • Global Perspectives on Nationalism

    Political and Literary Discourses

    Edited by Debajyoti Biswas, Panos Eliopoulos, John C. Ryan ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Global and Transnational Politics
    Global Perspectives on Nationalism takes an interdisciplinary approach informed by recent theorisations of nationalism to examine perennial questions on the topic.The idea of nationalism centres on questions of ethnicity, culture, religion, language, and access to resources. What determines consciousness of nationalism? How is nationalism manifested, shaped, or countered through literary and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Introduction to the Environmental Humanities

    by J. Andrew Hubbell, John C. Ryan ...
    In an era of climate change, deforestation, melting ice caps, poisoned environments, and species loss, many people are turning to the power of the arts and humanities for sustainable solutions to global ecological problems. Introduction to the Environmental Humanities offers a practical and accessible guide to this dynamic and interdisciplinary field.This book provides an overview of the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Mind of Plants

    Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence

    Edited by John C. Ryan, Patrícia Vieira, Monica Gagliano ...
    Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at large has long been studied by researchers, scientists and spiritual teachers and seekers. The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Language of Plants

    Science, Philosophy, Literature

    Edited by Monica Gagliano, John C. Ryan, Patrícia Vieira ...
    The eighteenth-century naturalist Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) argued that plants are animate, living beings and attributed them sensation, movement, and a certain degree of mental activity, emphasizing the continuity between humankind and plant existence. Two centuries later, the understanding of plants as active and communicative organisms has reemerged in such diverse fields as plant ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    The Mind of Plants

    Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence

    Narrated by Senn Annis, Michael Manuel ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 48 min

    Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at large has long been studied by researchers, scientists and spiritual teachers and seekers. The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Environmental Humanities in India

    Edited by Debajyoti Biswas, John C. Ryan ...
    Series Book 25 - Asia in Transition
    This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India. The environmental humanities, often referred to as ‘EH’, are a multifaceted, relatively new, and swiftly evolving field of scholarship that integrates the theories and approaches of various disciplines - from anthropology, art, communications, cultural studies, philosophy and ecology to history, ... Read more

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    by Ali Rattansi ...
    From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in the American South, cultural imperialism, and 'ethnic cleansing', racism exists in many different forms, in almost every facet of society. But what actually is race? How has racism come to be so firmly established? Why do so few people actually admit to being racist? How are race, ethnicity, and ... Read more

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  • Wild Mind, Wild Earth

    Our Place in the Sixth Extinction

    by David Hinton ...
    Exploring the confluence of ancient Chinese spirituality and modern Western environmental thought, Wild Mind, Wild Earth reveals the unrecognized kinship of mind and nature that must be reanimated if we are to end our destruction of the planet.Earth is embroiled in its sixth major extinction event—this time caused not by asteroids or volcanos, but by us. At bottom, preventing this sixth extinction ... Read more

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  • Animal Intimacies

    Interspecies Relatedness in India's Central Himalayas

    by Radhika Govindrajan ...
    "A delightful read [and] an important addition to human-animal relations studies." — Anthropology MattersWhat does it mean to live and die in relation to other animals? Animal Intimacies posits this central question alongside the intimate—and intense—moments of care, kinship, violence, politics, indifference, and desire that occur between human and non-human animals.Built on extensive ethnographic ... Read more

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  • Identity and Violence

    The Illusion of Destiny

    by Amartya Sen ...
    Series series Issues of Our Time
    “One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine GordimerIn this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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  • The Fiction of Amitav Ghosh: A Postcolonial Perspective

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    by B.K. Sharma ...
    Series Book 1 - Surf Rangers
    The present anthology The Fiction of Amitav Ghosh: A Post-colonial Perspective attempts to bring together reading of Ghoshs selected and most exquisite novels from a refreshingly different viewpoint against the background of Post-colonialism. Amitav Ghosh is unarguably one of the most cosmopolitan of contemporary Indian English writers whose extra ordinary oeuvre of fiction has been a source of ... Read more

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  • Dark Green Religion

    Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future

    by Bron Taylor ...
    In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups—radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, new-agers involved in "ecopsychology," and groups that hold ... Read more

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