Cultural Anthropology

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Deep Time – Reconnecting with Past and Future Generations

From: Coming Back to Life

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People of today relate to time in a way that is surely unique in history. The technologies and economic forces unleashed by the Industrial Growth Society radically alter our experience of time, … ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Silvery Sea

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults. 17 $1.70 Add
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Weaving a New Story of Meaning

From: The Web of Meaning

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The chapter concludes that an ecological civilization will emerge only when the symbiotic linkages between people become a more powerful force than the competitive impulses engendered by the … 34 $3.40 Add
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Ethics

The Values of the Flesh

From: The Biology of Wonder

This chapter describes the author’s experiences experimenting on living animals, which he terms "crushing the irresistable magic of life." 26 $2.60 Add
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Going Forth

From: Coming Back to Life

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The culmination of the workshop serves as a bridge between the experiences of our work together (described in the last four chapters) and the daily lives we are about to resume. We have come to … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Enlivenment

Ecological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty

From: The Biology of Wonder

In the concluding chapter, Weber proposes a series of biocentric values. 15 $1.50 Add
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The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative

Psychic Numbing with Paul Slovic

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

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When numbers soar, our consistency with basic values and concerns collapses. Most people are caring and highly responsive when they hear of an individual’s desperate plight, yet are numbly … 10 $1.00 Add
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From the Heart

The Golden Rule with Karen Armstrong and Joan Halifax

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

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Compassion is a virtuous cycle, and practicing the Golden Rule yields an expanded sense of self, which yields ever more compassionate behavior.philosophers and religious leaders such as … 7 $0.70 Add
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Speak the Truth, but not to Punish with Thich Nhat Hanh

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

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Thich Nhat Hanh used the example of a pine tree and suggested, what if that tree asked us what it could do to help the world? Our answer would be very clear: “You should be a beautiful, … 10 $1.00 Add