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Bitter Shade: The Ecological Challenge of Human Consciousness

By Michael R. Dove

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780300251746, 2020938736
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4072092 bytes)
Series
Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Pages
\308
Time added
2021-05-27 18:14:20

Description

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION. Nonhumans and the Paradox of the Human CHAPTER 1. Pig-Humans and Human-Pigs: Perspectivism in Dayak Myth and Ritual CHAPTER 2. Environmental Uncertainty and Augural Contingency CHAPTER 3. A Non-Western Panopticon: The Yogyakarta Sultanate and Merapi Volcano CHAPTER 4. “Bitter Shade”: Signs and Things in Pakistani Agro-Forestry CHAPTER 5. Culture, Agriculture, and Politics of Rice in Java CHAPTER 6. Historic Parting of the Wild from the Civilized in Pakistan CHAPTER 7. Ritual, Myth, and the Rise of “Greedy Rice” CHAPTER 8. Weedy Signs of Intent and Error EPILOGUE. Seeing “Life Itself ” Appendix: Principles of Augural Interpretation Notes References Credits Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

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