An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Our Destruction of NatureLantern Books, 2004 - 319 من الصفحات First published by Simon & Schuster in 1993 and then by Continuum in 1998, Jim Mason's An Unnatural Order has become a classic. Now in a new Lantern edition, the book explores, from an anthropological, sociocultural, and holistic perspective, how and why we have cut ourselves off from other animals and the natural world, and the toll this has taken on our consciousness, our ability to steward nature wisely, and the will to control our own tendencies. Jim Mason writes: "My own view is that the primal worldview, updated by a scientific understanding of the living world, offers the best hope for a human spirituality. Life on earth is the miracle, the sacred. The dynamic living world is the creator, the First Being, the sustainer, and the final resting place for all living beings--humans included. We humans evolved with other living beings; their lives informed our lives. They provided models for our existence; they shaped our minds and culture. With dominionism out of the way, we could enjoy a deep sense of kinship with the other animals, which would give us a deep sense of belonging to our living world. "Then, once again, we could feel for this world. We could feel included in the awesome family of living beings. We could feel our continuum with the living world. We could, once again, feel a genuine sense of the sacred in the world." |
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... exploitation . In the sixties and seventies , a modern breed of Boomers and their politicians ushered in an era of industrialism to expand Oklahoma's unsteady economy beyond its boom - or - bust base of farming , oil , and mining . The ...
... exploit nature in a mood of indifference to the feelings of natural objects . " Not only did Christianity make this possible , but indeed commanded it . " Christianity , " said White , " not only established a dualism of man and nature ...
... exploit nature as any Christian European nation . The Stewardship Apology There are those who say that dominion over the earth does not mean ruthless conquest . They say it means benevolent stewardship . Predict- ably , the Presbyterian ...
... exploitation is coming under fire . Such thinkers are attempting to hold on to their divine right to use other life for human benefit by appearing to qualify and limit it somewhat . Their model is stewardship . Essentially , stewardship ...
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Before Agriculture A World Alive and Ensouled | 50 |
Animals The Most Moving Things in the World | 91 |
Agriculture A New Relationship with Nature a New World Order for Living Beings | 118 |
Misothery and the Reduction of Animals and Nature | 158 |
Misogyny and the Reduction of Women and Female Power | 186 |
Racism and Colonialism Dominating Lands and Others | 210 |
Rituals of Dominionism Then and Now | 242 |
Beyond Dominionism | 269 |
References | 299 |
Index | 310 |