David Abram

Kan vi gjenoppdage sansenes magi? I tusen generasjoner betraktet mennesket seg selv som del av et større natursamfunn. Hvordan kunne vi ødelegge vår gamle gjensidighet med den naturlige verden? Hva vil det kreve av oss å gjenvinne et livgivende forhold til jorden? Økologen og filosofen David Abram har reist i blant annet Indonesia og Nepal for å utforske avhengigheten mellom menneskelig tenkning og det naturlige miljøet. Han baserer seg på kilder så ulike som Merleau-Pontys filosofi, balinesisk sjamanisme, apachenes historiefortelling og sin egen erfaring som anerkjent tryllekunstner. Med lysende innsikt utforsker han sansningens karakter og graver frem språkets sanselige fundament. «Etterlengtet og revolusjonerende», skrev Los Angeles Times da Sansenes magi kom ut i USA. På hver side av dette lyriske verket vever Abram sine argumenter med lidenskap, presisjon og intellektuelt mot. Radikalt i ordets egentlige forstand. Etterlengtet og revolusjonerende... Denne boken utforsker den voldelige frakoblingen mellom kroppen og den naturlige verden, og hva dette betyr for hvordan vi lever og dør i den. - Los Angeles Times En epokegjørende bok... David Abram har skrevet den hittil beste bruksanvisningen for å bli et helt menneske. - Bill McKibben, forfatter av The End of Nature

Expanded new edition of a classic examination of the psychological roots of our ecological crisis. 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.

Expanded new edition of a classic examination of the psychological roots of our ecological crisis. 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.

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.

The Moon in the Well is a collection of 65 tales from many cultures, followed by interpretive comments, suggested uses, and true-life examples of what can happen when a nourishing story is taken to heart. Erica Meade's musings and suggestions are intended to pique readers' interest in story and guide them in weaving wisdom tales into their everyday dialogues.

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