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Thom van Dooren
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Columbia University Press
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September 2016
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September 2016
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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. Written in eloquent and moving prose, the book takes stock of what is lost when a life form disappears from the world-the wide-ranging ramifications that ripple out to implicate a number of human and more-than-human others. Van Dooren intimately explores what life is like for those who must live on the edge of extinction, balanced between life and oblivion, taking care of their young and grieving their dead.
He bolsters his studies with real-life accounts from scientists and local communities at the forefront of these developments. No longer abstract entities with Latin names, these species become fully realized characters enmeshed in complex and precarious ways of life, sparking our sense of curiosity, concern, and accountability toward others in a rapidly changing world.
Author
Thom van Dooren
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
September 2016
Weight
296g
Page Count
208
Dimensions
153 x 227 x 13 mm
ISBN
9780231166195
ISBN-10
0231166192
Eden Code
4565594
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Author/Creator: Thom van Dooren
ISBN: 9780231166195
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date: September 2016
Weight: 296g
Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 13 mm
Eden Code: 4565594