Apology to a whale
words to mend a world
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Word Count
51,750 words, Guess
Page Count
207 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveapologytowhalewo0000pine
- ISBN-101609404408
- ISBN-139781609404406
- AmazonB014C57SKI
- Library of Congress Control Number2015005048
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number908086358
- Better World Books9781609404406
- Open LibraryOL27193544M
Classifications
- DDC304.201
- LCCGF21 .P545 2015
- LCCGF21.P545 2015
Description
"Human beings are killing the planet and themselves in the process. Cecile Pineda asks a simple question: Why? An urgent reframing of current ecological thinking, Apology to a Whale addresses what the intersection of relative linguistics and archeology reveals about the present world's power relations, and what the extraordinary communication of plants and animals can teach us. This masterpiece of creative nonfiction is a wild ride on the frontiers of archeo-linguistics in search of the greatest killer on Earth--us. "-- "This book can be categorized as environmental philosophy. An urgent re-framing of current ecological thinking, Apology To A Whale addresses what the intersection of relative linguistics and archeology reveals about the present world's power relations, and the need for a new consciousness based on what the extraordinary communication of plants, animals, and indigenous people can teach us"--
Other Editions
- Apology to a whale: words to mend a world
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