A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom
van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural
sciences and his own ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural
and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other
meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorporates the
particularities of real animals and their worlds, drawing
philosophers, natural scientists, and general readers into the
experience of living among and losing biodiversity. Each chapter of
Flight Ways focuses on a different species or group of birds: North
Pacific albatrosses, Indian vultures, an endangered colony of
penguins in Australia, Hawaiian crows, and the iconic whooping
cranes of North America. Written in eloquent and moving prose, the
book takes stock of what is lost when a life form disappears from
the world -- the wide-ranging ramifications that ripple out to
implicate a number of human and more-than-human others. Van Dooren
intimately explores what life is like for those who must live on
the edge of extinction, balanced between life and oblivion, taking
care of their young and grieving their dead.He bolsters his studies
with real-life accounts from scientists and local communities at
the forefront of these developments. No longer abstract entities
with Latin names, these species become fully realized characters
enmeshed in complex and precarious ways of life, sparking our sense
of curiosity, concern, and accountability toward others in a
rapidly changing world.
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