For the Wild

Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism

Sarah M. Pike (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2017
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-29496-7 (ISBN)

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For the Wild explores the ways in which the commitments of radical environmental and animal-rights activists develop through powerful experiences with the more-than-human world during childhood and young adulthood. The book addresses the question of how and why activists come to value nonhuman animals and the natural world as worthy of protection. Emotions and memories of wonder, love, compassion, anger, and grief shape activists' protest practices and help us understand their deep-rooted commitments to the planet and its creatures. Drawing on analyses of activist art, music, and writings, as well as interviews and participant-observation in activist communities, Sarah M. Pike delves into the sacred duties of these often misunderstood and marginalized groups with openness and sensitivity.

Sarah M. Pike is Professor of Comparative Religion at California State University, Chico, and author of Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community and New Age and Neopagan Religions in America.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: For All the Wild Hearts

1. Freedom and Insurrection around a Fire
2. At the Turn of the Millennium: Youth Culture and the Roots of Contemporary Activism
3. Childhood Landscapes of Wonder and Awe
4. Into the Forest
5. “Liberation’s Crusade Has Begun”: Hare Krishna Hardcore Youth and Animal Rights Activism
6. Circles of Community, Strategies of Inclusion
7. Rites of Grief and Mourning

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	16 b-w images
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-29496-3 / 0520294963
ISBN-13	978-0-520-29496-7 / 9780520294967
Zustand	Neuware