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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Ends of the Worlddi Déborah Danowski
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The book has some great ideas about the different ways in which the 'end of the world' is conceptualized in (especially) continental philosophy. I found the discussion Amerindian metaphysics particularly valuable: Danowski and De Castro manage to convincingly illustrate why these may point towards the future rather than the past. Having said that, even as a continental philosopher I found the style wordy, pretentious and often confusing. How many subordinate clauses can one stack in one sentence? The book would have been bettered in a more focused style in my opinion, too often it feels like the authors are trying to convince one that they are truly well-read. Well, congratulations. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic Ð at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways. Indeed, in the face of the growing perception of the dire effects of global warming, some of these visions have been given a new lease on life. Information and analyses concerning the human causes and the catastrophic consequences of the planetary 'crisis' have been accumulating at an ever-increasing rate, mobilising popular opinion as well as academic reflection. In this book, philosopher Déborah Danowski and anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro offer a bold overview and interpretation of these current discourses on 'the end of the world', reading them as thought experiments on the decline of the West's anthropological adventure Ð that is, as attempts, though not necessarily intentional ones, at inventing a mythology that is adequate to the present. This work has important implications for the future development of ecological practices and it will appeal to a broad audience interested in contemporary anthropology, philosophy, and environmentalism. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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O tom polemista e ácido não chega a estragar a leitura (embora existam espantalhos e erros quando trata dos autores de quem não gostam). Pela primeira vez eu realmente entendo e compro a posição perspectivista (de que humano é o nome de uma relação e que no começo tudo era humano). Esta, quando colocada em vista de uma sabedoria dos povos da floresta de autocontenção de relações de dominação irresponsáveis quanto ao entorno, ganha tons ao meu ver mais interessantes do que como posição metafísica alternativa (o que um dos autores, Castro, faz em Metafísicas Canibais). ( )