Flight from Grace A Cultural History of Humans and Birds.

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Suggesting that the replacement of an animistic worldview with a mechanistic one has led humans to deny their animality, Flight from Grace calls on readers to appreciate how our past relationship with birds might help transform our current relationship with nature.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pope, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Birds > Social aspects > History.
Birds in art.
Human-animal relationships.
Human ecology.
Oiseaux > Aspect social > Histoire.
Oiseaux dans l'art.
Relations homme-animal.
Écologie humaine.
human ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Birds > Social aspects.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Suggesting that the replacement of an animistic worldview with a mechanistic one has led humans to deny their animality, Flight from Grace calls on readers to appreciate how our past relationship with birds might help transform our current relationship with nature.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (313 p.)
ISBN:0228013704
9780228013709

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