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by: Gary Snyder
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 508
EAN: 9781582434124
ISBN: 1582434123
Label: Counterpoint
Manufacturer: Counterpoint
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: June 28, 2008
Publisher: Counterpoint
Sales Rank: 209330
Studio: Counterpoint
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In this classic collection of 29 pieces that span half a century, Gary Snyder explores humans’ complex, ever-evolving attitudes toward the environment. He argues that nature is not separate from humanity, but intrinsic to it, and that since societies are natural constructs, it’s imperative to go beyond racial, ethnic, and religious identities to find a shared concern for acts that benefit humans and nonhumans alike. Included in the collection is his 1971 environmental manifesto “Four Changes,” which, as he writes in a postscript, is unfortunately truer than ever. In this new edition, Snyder sends out a call-to-action that challenges all beings to take moral responsibility, a call that resounds with readers discovering the book for the first time or those returning to an old favorite.
Amazon.com Review:
This richly rewarding book about ecology and technology draws on 40 years of careful thought. Although it does not dwell on information technologies, the points Snyder makes about 'a feeling of place' are of interest to anyone who has mulled over the ways in which cyberspace jogs our normative notions of time, space, and community.
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Rating: - Wide ranging insights into Gary Snyder's lifetime concerns
I bought this book, along with the poetry collection, No Nature, to gain an insight into the work of Gary Snyder, someone I had often seen quoted, but had never read at first hand. Snyder is perhaps best known as a west coast 'nature' poet, a fellow traveller of the 'beat generation', but he is also a prominent Buddhist, bioregional visionary and literary scholar. To judge from this book he is, moreover, an accomplished and eloquent essayist. The essays presented here, articles, reviews, talks ... Read More
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