Listening to the Swan Song More - than - Human Beings and Sounds in Literature and Culture Throug...
Category: eBooks
- views: 92
- date: 1 June 2026
- posted by: BeMyLove
Listening to the Swan Song Morthan - Human Beings and Sounds in Literature and Culture Through the Ages | 7.37 MB
Title: Listening to the Swan Song : More-than-Human Beings and Sounds in Literature and Culture Through the Ages
Author: Joanna Godlewicz-Adamiec
Category: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Phenomenology, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Ecology, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
Language: English | 279 Pages | ISBN: 3847119788
Description:
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction
Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.
For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth?
In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.
DOWNLOAD:
https://rapidgator.net/file/3f1cd651050a9be6a73347968a0f250c/Listening_to_the_Swan_Song_More-than-Human_Beings_and_Sounds_in_Literature_and_Culture_Through_the_Ages.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/E08178CA8DD4C85/Listening_to_the_Swan_Song_More-than-Human_Beings_and_Sounds_in_Literature_and_Culture_Through_the_Ages.rar
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction
Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.
For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth?
In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.
DOWNLOAD:
https://rapidgator.net/file/3f1cd651050a9be6a73347968a0f250c/Listening_to_the_Swan_Song_More-than-Human_Beings_and_Sounds_in_Literature_and_Culture_Through_the_Ages.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/E08178CA8DD4C85/Listening_to_the_Swan_Song_More-than-Human_Beings_and_Sounds_in_Literature_and_Culture_Through_the_Ages.rar
We need your support!
Make a donation to help us stay online
Bitcoin (BTC)
bc1q08g9d22cxkawsjlf8etuek2pc9n2a3hs4cdrld
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
qqvwexzhvgauxq2apgc4j0ewvcak6hh6lsnzmvtkem
Ethereum (ETH)
0xb55513D2c91A6e3c497621644ec99e206CDaf239
Litecoin (LTC)
ltc1qt6g2trfv9tjs4qj68sqc4uf0ukvc9jpnsyt59u
USDT (ERC20)
0xb55513D2c91A6e3c497621644ec99e206CDaf239
USDT (TRC20)
TYdPNrz7v1P9riWBWZ317oBgJueheGjATm
Information |
|||
 |
Users of GUESTS are not allowed to comment this publication. | ||