Anthropology
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From  NEW! Human/NatureFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter begins with the absurdity of anthropocentrism, continuing with the European thirst for domination overseas and over nature. The Great Acceleration is described as the commodification … | Jeremy Lent | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Rites of PassageSelf Formation in Liminal Space From: The Power Manual |
Rites of Passage, highlights Victor Turner’s thinking on liminality, the space of transformation, the ritual of transitioning from one state to another. One leaves behind previous … | Cyndi Suarez | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Principle of BeautyFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author provides a critique of the Darwinian notion of "nature as a survival machine." | Andreas Weber | 32 | 2016 | $3.20 Add |
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From NEW! Everything Is ConnectedFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter contrasts the European tradition of a self-contained individual and consciousness with the Buddhist (and other) traditions of the boundaries separating the self from others as all … | Jeremy Lent | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From The Body of the SeaFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life. | Andreas Weber | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
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From Theater as Interaction and Identity CreationHigh Status and Low Status Characters From: The Power Manual |
Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation, explores the first of two social spaces that at their core are about the exchange of power — theater and games. Fundamentally, to act is to … | Cyndi Suarez | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! From Fixed Self to Infinite LThe Fractal Nature of Identity From: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter asserts that once the reality of a connected universe is embraced, new forms of identity naturally emerge. Rejecting dualism and reductionism, paradigm shifts, pantheism, Buddhism, … | Jeremy Lent | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From Not One, But AllFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter examines the connections between microbial ecosystems in the ocean and human symbiosis with microbes. | Andreas Weber | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Deep Time – Reconnecting with Past and Future GenerationsFrom: Coming Back to Life |
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, … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 23 | 2014 | $2.30 Add |
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From The Silvery SeaFrom: 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. | Andreas Weber | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Weaving a New Story of MeaningFrom: The Web of Meaning |
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 … | Jeremy Lent | 34 | 2021 | $3.40 Add |
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From EthicsThe 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." | Andreas Weber | 26 | 2016 | $2.60 Add |
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From Going ForthFrom: Coming Back to Life |
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 … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 27 | 2014 | $2.70 Add |
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From EnlivenmentEcological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty From: The Biology of Wonder |
In the concluding chapter, Weber proposes a series of biocentric values. | Andreas Weber | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Mighty Tool of Public NarrativePsychic Numbing with Paul Slovic |
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 … | James Hoggan | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Mighty Tool of Public NarrativeSometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz |
Resourcefulness — fueled by courage, commitment and imagination — can overcome nominally powerful resources, as well as the arrogance that often goes with them. | James Hoggan | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
