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Material Ecocriticism (Paperback)
Serenella Iovino, Serpil Oppermann; Contributions by David Abram, Joni Adamson, Jane Bennett, …
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Material Ecocriticism offers new ways to analyze language and
reality, human and nonhuman life, mind and matter, without falling
into well-worn paths of thinking. Bringing ecocriticism closer to
the material turn, the contributions to this landmark volume focus
on material forces and substances, the agency of things, processes,
narratives and stories, and making meaning out of the world. This
broad-ranging reflection on contemporary human experience and
expression provokes new understandings of the planet to which we
are intimately connected.
David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with passion and intellectual daring.
"Long awaited, revolutionary...This book ponders the violent disconnection of the body from the natural world and what this means about how we live and die in it."--Los Angeles Times
From Fobbit author David Abrams, Brave Deeds is a compelling novel
of war, brotherhood, and America. Spanning eight hours, the novel
follows a squad of six AWOL soldiers as they attempt to cross
war-torn Baghdad on foot to attend the funeral of their leader,
Staff Sergeant Rafe Morgan. As the men make their way to the
funeral, they recall the most ancient of warriors yet are a
microcosm of twenty-first-century America, and subject to the same
human flaws as all of us. Drew is reliable in the field but
unfaithful at home; Cheever, overweight and whining, is a friend to
no one--least of all himself; and platoon commander Dmitri "Arrow"
Arogapoulos is stalwart, yet troubled with questions about his own
identity and sexuality. Emotionally resonant, true-to-life, and
thoughtfully written, Brave Deeds is a gripping story of combat and
of perserverance, and an important addition to the oeuvre of
contemporary war fiction.
Fobbit \'fa-bit\, noun. Definition: A U.S. soldier stationed at a
Forward Operating Base who avoids combat by remaining at the base,
esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2011). Pejorative. In the
satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, Fobbit takes us into
the chaotic world of Baghdad's Forward Operating Base Triumph. The
Forward Operating base, or FOB, is like the back-office of the
battlefield - where people eat and sleep, and where a lot of
soldiers have what looks suspiciously like a desk job. Male and
female soldiers are trying to find an empty Porta Potty in which to
get acquainted, grunts are playing Xbox and watching NASCAR between
missions, and a lot of the senior staff are more concerned about
getting to the chow hall in time for the Friday night
all-you-can-eat seafood special than worrying about little things
like military strategy. Darkly humorous and based on the author's
own experiences in Iraq, Fobbit is a fantastic debut that shows us
a behind-the-scenes portrait of the real Iraq war.
David Abram's first book, "The Spell of the Sensuous," hailed as
"revolutionary" by the "Los Angeles Times," as "daring" and "truly
original" by "Science," has become a classic of environmental
literature. Now he returns with a startling exploration of our
human entanglement with the rest of nature.
As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses
cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a
metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long
we've ignored the wild intelligence of our bodies, taking our
primary truths from technologies that hold the living world at a
distance. Abram's writing subverts this distance, drawing readers
ever closer to their animal senses in order to explore, from
within, the elemental kinship between the human body and the
breathing Earth.
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Hill (Paperback)
Jean Giono; Translated by Paul Eprile; Introduction by David Abram
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Personal in its style yet radical in its vision, "Radical
Ecopsychology, Second Edition" offers an original introduction to
ecopsychology an emerging field that ties the human mind to the
natural world. In order for ecopsychology to be a force for social
change, Andy Fisher insists it must become a more comprehensive and
critical undertaking. Drawing masterfully from humanistic
psychology, hermeneutics, phenomenology, radical ecology, nature
writing, and critical theory, he develops a compelling account of
how the human psyche still belongs to nature. This daring and
innovative book proposes a psychology that will serve all life,
providing a solid base not only for ecopsychological practice, but
also for a critical theory of modern society. In this second
edition, Fisher includes a new preface, a new section looking back
at the development of the field since the book s initial
publication a decade ago, and a look at the challenges that lie
ahead."
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