Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction by Thom Van Dooren
English | 20 Jun. 2014 | ISBN: 0231166184 | 231 Pages | EPUB | 5.14 MB
English | 20 Jun. 2014 | ISBN: 0231166184 | 231 Pages | EPUB | 5.14 MB
A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorporates the particularities of real animals and their worlds, drawing philosophers, natural scientists, and general readers into the experience of living among and losing biodiversity. Each chapter of Flight Ways focuses on a different species or group of birds: North Pacific albatrosses, Indian vultures, an endangered colony of penguins in Australia, Hawaiian crows, and the iconic whooping cranes of North America.