an earthly cosmology Abram, David 1957- creator text bibliography nyu New York Pantheon Books c2010 2010 1st ed. monographic eng

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313, [2] p. ; 25 cm. A startling exploration of our human entanglement with the rest of nature. As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long we've inured ourselves to the wild intelligence of our flesh, taking our primary truths from technologies that hold the living world at a distance. This book subverts that distance, drawing readers ever deeper into their animal senses in order to explore, from within, the elemental kinship between the body and the breathing Earth. Abram shows that from the awakened perspective of the human animal, awareness (or mind) is not an exclusive possession of our species but a lucid quality of the biosphere itself--a quality in which we, along with the oaks and the spiders, steadily participate.--From publisher description. Shadow -- House -- Wood and stone -- Reciprocity -- Depth -- Mind -- Mood -- The speech of things -- The discourse of the birds -- Sleight-of-hand -- Shapeshifting -- The real in its wonder -- Conclusion : at the heart of the heart of the world. David Abram. Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]). Anthropology Philosophy Human beings Animal nature Biosphere Human ecology Cosmology Perception Nature Effect of human beings on Ecología humana Naturaleza Influencia de los seres humanos 304.2 9780375421716 0375421718 2009041364 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041364-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041364-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041364-s.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041364-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041364-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041364-s.html DLC 091009 20230410143449.0 14aGN 33bA161b 2010