Learning to Die: Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis - Tapa blanda

Bringhurst, Robert; Zwicky, Jan

 
9780889775633: Learning to Die: Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis
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ISBN 10: 088977563X ISBN 13: 9780889775633
Editorial: University of Regina Press, 2018

Sinopsis

In this powerful little book, two leading intellectuals illuminate the truth about where our environmental crisis is taking us. Writing from an island on Canada’s Northwest coast, Robert Bringhurst and Jan Zwicky weigh in on the death of the planet versus the death of the individual. For Zwicky, awareness and humility are the foundation of the equanimity with which Socrates faced his death: he makes a good model when facing the death of the planet, as well as facing our own mortality. Bringhurst urges readers to tune their minds to the wild. The wild has healed the world before, and it is the only thing that stands any chance of healing the world now – though it is unlikely to save Homo sapiens in the process.

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Robert Bringhurst trained initially in the sciences at MIT but has made his career in the humanities. He is revered for his translations from Haida and other Native American languages and his studies of cultural history. He is also an Officer of the Order of Canada and a former Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. Two Canadian universities have awarded him honorary doctorates. He lives on Quadra Island, B.C.



Winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry and the Dorothy Livesay Prize, Jan Zwicky has published more than a dozen books of poetry and prose, including Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, Forge, and Wisdom & Metaphor. She lives in Victoria, BC.

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Editorial
University of Regina Press
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
088977563X
ISBN 13 
9780889775633
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
103
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