A Reenchanted World
The Quest for a New Kinship with Nature
A surprising and enlightening investigation of how modern society is making nature sacred once againFor more than two centuries, Western cultures, as they became ever more industrialized, increasingly regarded the natural world as little more than a collection of useful raw resources. The folklore of powerful forest spirits and mountain demons was displaced by the practicalities of logging and strip-mining; the traditional rituals of hunting ceremonies gave way to the indiscriminate butchering of animals for meat markets. In the famous lament of Max Weber, our surroundings became disenchanted, with nature's magic swept away by secularization…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4299-9486-6
- EAN: 9781429994866
- Produktnummer: 22461319
- Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 367 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
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James William Gibson
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