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2025 |
![]() ![]() Author: Van Dooren Thom Publisher: Nottetempo In questo libro commovente e illuminato Thom van Dooren mette la filosofia ambientale in dialogo con le scienze naturali e l'antropologia per far emergere tutto il significato culturale ed etico delle estinzioni contemporanee. A differenza di altre riflessioni su questo tema, "In volo" racconta alcune "storie vive" di specie animali in pericolo nella loro complessità di forme e nessi: perché, nelle reti di relazioni condivise che si intrecciano sul pianeta, l'estinzione di una specie non è mai un fenomeno isolato, con conseguenze ristrette. Nell'attuale "sesta estinzione di massa", di origine perlopiù antropogenica, i fili spezzati smagliano porzioni allargate di esistenza terrestre, compromettendo ecosistemi a catena. Ogni capitolo, illustrato da fotografie, si concentra su un gruppo di uccelli a rischio: gli albatros del Pacifico settentrionale, gli avvoltoi indiani, una colonia di pinguini in Australia, le gru del Nord America e i corvi hawaiani. Non più solo entità astratte dai nomi latini, queste specie in pericolo ci pongono interrogativi inaggirabili: sui filtri antropocentrici che ancora reggono la distinzione umano-animale, sulle responsabilità etiche verso le "traiettorie" e i "modi di vita" recisi, sugli approcci alla cura e alla conservazione. In un pianeta coabitato e coevoluto con gli altri viventi, riconoscere la dignità del lutto di e per queste esistenze senzienti è il primo passo per non rassegnarsi a un'era di perdite. € 18,90
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1917 |
![]() ![]() Author: Rose Deborah Bird (EDT), Van Dooren Thom (EDT), Chrulew Matthew (EDT) Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr € 34,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Rose Deborah Bird (EDT), Van Dooren Thom (EDT), Chrulew Matthew (EDT), Wolfe Cary (INT) Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr € 111,60
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1916 |
![]() ![]() Author: Van Dooren Thom Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr € 26,60
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![]() ![]() Author: Van Dooren Thom (EDT), Münster Ursula (EDT), Kirksey Eben (EDT), Rose Deborah Bird (EDT), Chrulew Matthew (EDT) Publisher: Duke Univ Pr € 18,00
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1911 |
![]() ![]() Author: Van Dooren Thom Publisher: Reaktion Books Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers of death. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse creatures.
Vulture offers an enlightening new history of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet mainly of bone, others are actually almost completely vegetarian. Most interesting, despite its notorious association with death, the vulture very rarely, if ever, kills for itself. In different cultural mythologies, vultures play a role in disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures as well—believed to be indispensable in the containment of waste and disease and even to be world creators and divine mothers. Van Dooren explores these many histories, from some of the earliest-known Neolithic sites in which vultures are thought to have consumed the dead to contemporary efforts to reintroduce the bearded vulture into the Alps.
Highlighting the rich diversity of vultures and the many ways in which people have understood and lived with them, Vulture invites a new appreciation and wonder for these incredible birds. € 21,30
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2005 |
![]() ![]() Author: De Angeles Ly (EDT), Van Dooren Thom (EDT), Restall-orr Emma (EDT) Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd Do Pagan practices lead to an ecological approach to life? What is the role of magic in contemporary Paganism? How can ancient Pagan codes of behavior be applied today? Representing diverse arenas of Paganism, eleven established activists, authors and academics passionately debate the critical issues facing modern Pagans. These provocative discussions-exploring feminism, magickal ecology, ancient Egyptian ethics, political activism, globalization, the power of truth, sacred communities, and environmental spirituality -challenge readers to reconsider what it means to be Pagan in the twenty-first century. € 15,30
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