Wild Mind, Wild Earth
Our Place in the Sixth Extinction
$39.63
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2023
Summary
Exploring the confluence of ancient Chinese spirituality and modern Western environmental thought, Wild Mind, Wild Earth reveals the unrecognized kinship of mind and nature that must be reanimated if we are to end our destruction of the planet.
Earth is embroiled in its sixth major extinction event—this time caused not by asteroids or volcanoes, but by us. At bottom, preventing this sixth extinction is a spiritual/philosophical problem, for it is the assumptions defining us a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781645471479 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1645471470 |
| Author: | David Hinton |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 215mm x 142mm |
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Praise for Wild Mind, Wild Earth
“Provocative and original, this one’s worth tracking down.”—Publishers Weekly
Praise for David Hinton’s Environmental Writing
“A gorgeous book, a book of power.”—Bill McKibben (on Hunger Mountain)
“One of the best books about mountains ever written.”—NPR (on Hunger Mountain)
“A pellucid gem of a book—I couldn’t put it down.”—David Abram (on Existence: A Story)
“It is an uncanny journey, essential for all.”—Gretel Ehrlich (on Existence: A Story)
“Hinton is after … depth and boundlessness.”—The New York Review of Books (on Awakened Cosmos)
About The Author
David Hinton
David Hinton has published numerous books of poetry and essays, and many translations of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy-all informed by an abiding interest in deep ecological thinking. This widely-acclaimed work has earned Hinton a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous fellowships from NEA and NEH, and both of the major awards given for poetry translation in the United States- the Landon Translation Award (Academy of American Poets) and the PEN American Translation Award. Most recently, Hinton received a lifetime achievement award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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