by Robert Bringhurst
Counterpoint, 2007
The Tree of Meaning presents thirteen superb and surprising lectures on language, storytelling, mythology, comparative literature, humanity, and the breadth of oral and literate culture.
Bringhurst’s “ecological linguistics” includes studies of Native American art and illuminating essays about Haida culture, the process of translation, and the relationship between being and language. A companion [...]
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By Mike NewellXoxox Press, 2008
Working on seasonal wildfires in the 1970’s and 1980’s across Alaskan tundra and mountain ranges, wildland firefighter Mike Newell developed a deep appreciation for an arctic and subarctic landscape whose scale dwarfs all human effort. Returning each fire season, Newell found himself increasingly transfixed by the primal allure of the [...]
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By Jonathan Lear
Harvard University Press, 2006.
Jonathan Lear, a psychoanalyst and professor of philosophy, delves into what he calls the ‘blind spot’ of any culture: the inability to conceive of its own devastation. He molds his thoughts around a poignant historical model, the decimated nation of Crow Indians in the early decades of the twentieth century. [...]
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