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Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction
Thom Van Dooren
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Description for Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction
Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; PSAJ; PSVW6; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his 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 ... Read more
A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231166195
SKU
V9780231166195
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15
About Thom Van Dooren
Thom van Dooren is an environmental philosopher and anthropologist at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research is situated in the interdisciplinary field of the environmental humanities.
Reviews for Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction
An excellent book that deserves wide readership.
Marc Bekoff, editor of Ignoring Nature No More: The Case For Compassionate Conservation I love this book. Thom van Dooren's thorough, detailed, and calmly passionate scholarship adds immensely to my understanding of caring, science, and justice, and conditions for recuperation that take multispecies flourishing seriously. He is a leader in learning to ... Read more
Marc Bekoff, editor of Ignoring Nature No More: The Case For Compassionate Conservation I love this book. Thom van Dooren's thorough, detailed, and calmly passionate scholarship adds immensely to my understanding of caring, science, and justice, and conditions for recuperation that take multispecies flourishing seriously. He is a leader in learning to ... Read more