Being salmon, being human : encountering the wild in us and us in the wild

Storytelling animal -- Hidden salmon -- Exploited captives -- Keystone -- The sea in our veins -- Being human -- This animate waterworld -- Being salmon -- The earth ever struggles to be heard -- Salmon boy -- In the shadow of the standing reserve -- The salmon fairytale -- Drawn inside geostory -- The story of the smolts.;Nautilus Award Silver Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment In search of a new story for our place on earth Being Salmon, Being Human examines Western culture's tragic alienation from nature by focusing on the relationship between people and salmon-weaving together key narratives about the Norwegian salmon industry as well as wild salmon in indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest. Mueller uses this lens to articulate a comprehensive critique of human exceptionalism, directly challenging the four-hundred-year-old notion that other animals are nothing but complicated machines without rich inner lives and that Earth is a passive backdrop to human experience. Being fully human, he argues, means experiencing the intersection of our horizon of understanding with that of other animals. Salmon are the test case for this. Mueller experiments, in evocative narrative passages, with imagining the world as a salmon might see it, and considering how this enriches our understanding of humanity in the process. Being Salmon, Being Human is both a philosophical and a narrative work, rewarding readers with insightful interpretations of major philosophers-Descartes, Heidegger, Abram, and many more-and reflections on the human-Earth relationship. It stands alongside Abram's Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal, as well as Andreas Weber's The Biology of Wonder and Matter and Desire-heralding a new "Copernican revolution" in the fields of biology, ecology, and philosophy. Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world's top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. A Mail on Sunday “Critic's Pick” Best Read of the Year'In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to our fellow creatures.”—from the foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of Elephant Company Tamed and Untamed―a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas―explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses. Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn about what other animals think and do, they explain, the more we understand ourselves as animals, too. Writes Montgomery, “The list of attributes once thought to be unique to our species―from using tools to waging war―is not only rapidly shrinking, but starting to sound less and less impressive when we compare them with other animals'powers.” With humor, empathy, and introspection, Montgomery and Thomas look into the lives of all kinds of creatures―from man's best friend to the great white shark―and examine the ways we connect with our fellow species. Both authors have devoted their lives to sharing the animal kingdom's magic with others, and their combined wisdom is an indispensable contribution to the field of animal literature. The book contains a foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of the bestseller Elephant Company. In The Pages Of Being Salmon, Being Human, Martin Lee Mueller Confronts Western Culture's Tragic Alienation From Nature By Focusing On The Relationship Between People And Salmon--weaving Together Key Narratives About The Norwegian Salmon Industry As Well As Wild Salmon In Indigenous Cultures Of The Pacific Northwest. Mueller Uses This Lens To Articulate A Critique Of Human Exceptionalism, Challenging The Four-century-old Notion That Other Animals Are Nothing But Complicated Machines Without Rich Inner Lives And That Earth Is A Passive Backdrop To Human Experience. Being Fully Human, He Argues, Means Experiencing The Intersection Of Our Horizon Of Understanding With That Of Other Animals. Salmon Are The Test Case For This. Mueller Experiments, In Evocative Narrative Passages, With Imagining The World As A Salmon Might See It And Considering How This Enriches Our Understanding Of Humanity In The Process. Being Salmon, Being Human Rewards Readers With Insightful Interpretations Of Major Philosophers--descartes, Heidegger, Abram, And Many More--and Reflections On The Human-earth Relationship, Heralding A New Copernican Revolution In The Fields Of Biology, Ecology, And Philosophy--jacket Flap. Storytelling Animal -- Hidden Salmon -- Exploited Captives -- Keystone -- The Sea In Our Veins -- Being Human -- This Animate Waterworld -- Being Salmon -- The Earth Ever Struggles To Be Heard -- Salmon Boy -- In The Shadow Of The Standing Reserve -- The Salmon Fairytale -- Drawn Inside Geostory -- The Story Of The Smolts. Martin Lee Mueller. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Nautilus Award Silver Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment In search of a new story for our place on earth Being Salmon, Being Human examines Western culture's tragic alienation from nature by focusing on the relationship between people and salmon--weaving together key narratives about the Norwegian salmon industry as well as wild salmon in indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest. Mueller uses this lens to articulate a comprehensive critique of human exceptionalism, directly challenging the four-hundred-year-old notion that other animals are nothing but complicated machines without rich inner lives and that Earth is a passive backdrop to human experience. Being fully human, he argues, means experiencing the intersection of our horizon of understanding with that of other animals. Salmon are the test case for this. Mueller experiments, in evocative narrative passages, with imagining the world as a salmon might see it, and considering how this enriches our understanding of humanity in the process. Being Salmon, Being Human is both a philosophical and a narrative work, rewarding readers with insightful interpretations of major philosophers--Descartes, Heidegger, Abram, and many more--and reflections on the human-Earth relationship. It stands alongside Abram's Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal , as well as Andreas Weber's The Biology of Wonder and Matter and Desire --heralding a new "Copernican revolution" in the fields of biology, ecology, and philosophy. Indomitable Lynn / Dorion Sagan Tale of tales / Jorge Wagensberg Erudition / Moselio Schaechter As above, so below / Andre Khalil On Lynn from a close friend and colleague / James Lovelock Gaia is not an organism : scenes from the early scientific collaboration between Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock / Bruce Clarke The passionate Lynn Margulis / Niles Eldredge Lynn Margulis and Stephen Jay Gould / Michael F. Dolan Too fantastic for polite society : a brief history of symbiosis theory / Jan Sapp Kingdoms and domains : at work on the Linnaean task / Michael J. Chapman The battle of Balliol / Martin Brasier Science, music, philosophy : Margulis at Oxford / Denis Noble Neo-Darwinism and the group selection controversy / Josh Mitteldorf Sippewissett time slip / Stefan Helmreich The cultural dimensions of Lynn Margulis's science / William Irwin Thompson Lynn Margulis on spirituality and process philosophy / David Ray Griffin and John B. Cobb Jr. A ferocious intelligence / David Abram Fishermen in the maelstrom : big history, symbiosis, and Lynn Margulis as a modern-day Copernicus / Peter Westbroek Gaiadelic : Lynn sagan and LSD / Rich Doyle Two hit, three down - the biggest lie : David Ray Griffin's work exposing 9/11 / Lynn Margulis No subject too sacred / Joanna Bybee Next to Emily Dickinson / Terry Y. Allen Jokin' in the girls' room / Penny Boston An education / Emily Case There should be other prizes / David Lenson With love and squalor / Betsey Dexter Dyer.
Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, her work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth.

When Margulis passed away in 2011, she left behind a groundbreaking scientific legacy that spanned decades. In this collection, Dorion Sagan, Margulis's son and longtime collaborator, gathers together the voices of friends and colleagues to remark on her life and legacy, in essays that cover her early collaboration with James Lovelock, her fearless face-off with Richard Dawkins during the so-called "Battle of Balliol" at Oxford, the intrepid application of her scientific mind to the insistence that 9/11 was a false-flag operation, her affinity for Emily Dickinson, and more.

Margulis was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983, received the prestigious National Medal of Science in 1999, and her papers are permanently archived at the Library of Congress. Less than a month before her untimely death, Margulis was named one of the twenty most influential scientists alive - one of only two women on this list, which include such scientists as Stephen Hawking, James Watson, and Jane Goodall.

The Dark Mountain Project Began With A Manifesto Published In 2009 By Two English Writers--dougald Hine And Paul Kingsnorth--who Felt That Literature Was Not Responding Honestly To The Crises Of Our Time. In A World In Which The Climate Is Being Altered By Human Activities; In Which Global Ecosystems Are Being Destroyed By The Advance Of Industrial Civilisation; And In Which The Dominant Economic And Cultural Assumptions Of The West Are Visibly Crumbling, Dark Mountain Asked: Where Are The Writers And The Artists? Why Are The Mainstream Cultural Forms Of Our Society Still Behaving As If This Were The Twentieth Century--or Even The Nineteenth? Dark Mountain's Call For Writers, Thinkers And Artists Willing To Face The Depth Of The Mess We Are In Has Made It A Gathering Point For A Growing International Network. Rooted In Place, Time And Nature, Their Work Finds A Home In The Pages Of The Dark Mountain Books, With Two New Volumes Published Every Year. Walking On Lava Brings Together The Best Of The First Ten Volumes, Along With The Original Manifesto. This Collection Of Essays, Fiction, Poetry, Interviews And Artwork Introduces The Dark Mountain Project's Groundbreaking Work To A Wider Audience In Search Of 'the Hope Beyond Hope, The Paths Which Lead To The Unknown World Ahead Of Us.'-- The Dark Mountain Project ; Edited By Charlotte Ducann, Dougald Hine, Nick Hunt And Paul Kingsnorth. "The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009 by two English writers--Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth--who felt that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our time. In a world in which the climate is being altered by human activities; in which global ecosystems are being destroyed by the advance of industrial civilisation; and in which the dominant economic and cultural assumptions of the West are visibly crumbling, Dark Mountain asked: where are the writers and the artists? Why are the mainstream cultural forms of our society still behaving as if this were the twentieth century--or even the nineteenth? Dark Mountain's call for writers, thinkers and artists willing to face the depth of the mess we are in has made it a gathering point for a growing international network. Rooted in place, time and nature, their work finds a home in the pages of the Dark Mountain books, with two new volumes published every year. "Walking on Lava" brings together the best of the first ten volumes, along with the original manifesto. This collection of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork introduces The Dark Mountain Project's groundbreaking work to a wider audience in search of 'the hope beyond hope, the paths which lead to the unknown world ahead of us.'"-- Provided by publisher "Tamed and Untamed -- a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas -- explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses. Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn about what other animals think and do, they explain, the more we understand ourselves as animals, too. Writes Montgomery, "The list of attributes once thought to be unique to our species -- from using tools to waging war -- is not only rapidly shrinking, but starting to sound less and less impressive when we compare them with other animals' powers." With humor, empathy, and introspection, Montgomery and Thomas look into the lives of all kinds of creatures -- from man's best friend to the great white shark -- and examine the ways we connect with our fellow species. Both authors have devoted their lives to sharing the animal kingdom's magic with others, and their combined wisdom is an indispensable contribution to the field of animal literature. The book contains a foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of the bestseller"-- Provided by publisher Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, her work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth. When Margulis passed away in 2011, she left behind a groundbreaking scientific legacy that spanned decades. This book gathers together the voices of friends and colleagues to remark on her life and legacy, in essays that cover her early collaboration with James Lovelock, her fearless face-off with Richard Dawkins during the so-called Battle of Balliol at Oxford, the intrepid application of her scientific mind to the insistence that 9/11 was a false-flag operation, her affinity for Emily Dickinson, and more. Margulis was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983, received the prestigious National Medal of Science in 1999, and her papers are permanently archived at the Library of Congress. Margulis was named one of the twenty most influential scientists alive, one of only two women on this list, which include such scientists as Stephen Hawking, James Watson, and Jane Goodall Nautilus Award Gold Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment. In Matter and Desire , internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber rewrites ecology as a tender practice of forging relationships, of yearning for connections, and of expressing these desires through our bodies. Being alive is an erotic processconstantly transforming the self through contact with others, desiring ever more life. In clever and surprising ways,Weber recognizes that lovethe impulse to establish connections, to intermingle, to weave our existence poetically together with that of other beingsis a foundational principle of reality. The fact that we disregard this principle lies at the core of a global crisis of meaning that plays out in the avalanche of species loss and in our belief that the world is a dead mechanism controlled through economic efficiency. Although rooted in scientific observation, Matter and Desire becomesa tender philosophy for the Anthropocene, a "poetic materialism,"that closes the gap between mind and matter. Ultimately, Weber discovers, in order to save life on Earthand our own meaningful existence as human beingswe must learn to love. "In Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber rewrites ecology as a tender practice of forging relationships, of yearning for connections, and of expressing these desires through our bodies. Being alive is an erotic process--constantly transforming the self through contact with others, desiring ever more life. In clever and surprising ways, Weber recognizes that love--the impulse to establish connections, to intermingle, to weave our existence poetically together with that of other beings--is a foundational principle of reality. The fact that we disregard this principle lies at the core of a global crisis of meaning that plays out in the avalanche of species loss and in our belief that the world is a dead mechanism controlled through economic efficiency. Although rooted in scientific observation, Matter and Desire becomes a tender philosophy for the Anthropocene, a "poetic materialism," that closes the gap between mind and matter. Ultimately, Weber discovers, in order to save life on Earth--and our own meaningful existence as human beings--we must learn to love."