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Our wild calling : how connecting with animals can transform our lives--and save theirs / Richard Louv.
"The author shows how cultivating the powerful, mysterious, and fragile bond between humans and other animals can improve our mental, physical, and spiritual health, protect our planet, and serve as an antidote to the loneliness of our species"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781616205607
- ISBN: 1616205601
- Physical Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing, [2019]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-292) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: A mystery -- Part 1. Beautiful acts : life-changing encounters with species not our own. In the family of animals ; The aching heart ; The mind-altering power of deep animal connection ; The octopus who stopped time -- Part 2. What the wild heart still knows : the art and science of communicating with other animals. Becoming the grasshopper ; Intimacy is all around us ; Earth's oldest language ; How to talk with birds ; Playing well with others -- Part 3. How we co-become : wonderdogs and werecats, therapy lizards and robot pets. More than human ; The animal lover ; Reptiles and ambivalence ; The boy who said horse ; The replacements : do we really need animals -- Part 4. The age of connectedness : creating a home for all creatures. New ways to live together ; The betweens ; Welcome to Symbiocene City ; The new Noahs -- Part 5. Wild souls : love, humility, and the principle of reciprocity. Dreaming animals ; The peaceable kingdom ; Learning and teaching in a school of animals ; The bear. |
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Our Wild Calling : How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives--And Save Theirs
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Table of Contents
Our Wild Calling : How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives--And Save Theirs
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: A Mystery | p. 1 | |
| Part 1 | Beautiful Acts: Life-Changing Encounters with Species Not Our Own | p. 5 |
| 1 | In the Family of Animals | p. 7 |
| 2 | The Aching Heart | p. 14 |
| Species Loneliness | p. 16 | |
| An Altered View of Human Exceptionalism | p. 19 | |
| 3 | The Mind-Altering Power of Deep Animal Connection | p. 23 |
| Habitat of the Heart | p. 24 | |
| The Land of Giant Ants, an Unexpected Urchin, and a Moving Protozoan | p. 27 | |
| Crossing Over | p. 31 | |
| 4 | The Octopus Who Stopped Time | p. 33 |
| Time Bending | p. 35 | |
| Resetting Our Sense of Wonder | p. 38 | |
| Part 2 | What the Wild Heart Still Knows: The Art and Science of Communicating with Other Animals | p. 43 |
| 5 | Becoming the Grasshopper | p. 45 |
| Wearing the Shoes of the Snake (Critical Anthropomorphism) | p. 48 | |
| 6 | Intimacy Is All around Us | p. 53 |
| Beyond the Threshold | p. 55 | |
| Have You Ever Seen a Box Turtle Drink? | p. 58 | |
| 7 | Earth's Oldest Language | p. 62 |
| Call and Response | p. 63 | |
| Hanging Out in the Tatooine Cantina | p. 68 | |
| The Song of the Wild | p. 70 | |
| 8 | How to Talk with Birds | p. 74 |
| What the Animals Say | p. 75 | |
| Awakening the Seventh Sense | p. 80 | |
| Back to the Garden | p. 85 | |
| 9 | Playing Well with the Others | p. 86 |
| The Labrador Retriever of Primates | p. 87 | |
| How Elephants Taught Sven Everything He Needed to Know about Business | p. 90 | |
| Part 3 | How We Co-Become: Wohderdogs and Werecats, Therapy Lizards and Robot Pets | p. 95 |
| 10 | More Than Human | p. 97 |
| The Wild, the Domestic, and the Distorted | p. 99 | |
| 11 | The Animal Lover | p. 103 |
| Who's Raising Whom? | p. 104 | |
| The Dog Who Taught Ethics | p. 109 | |
| Homo homini lupus | p. 112 | |
| 12 | Reptiles and Ambivalence | p. 117 |
| Wild Blood Transfusion | p. 119 | |
| Herping, USA | p. 122 | |
| 13 | The Boy Who Said Horse | p. 125 |
| Naomi and Koba | p. 128 | |
| Animal-Assisted Self-Care | p. 133 | |
| Wildlife, Therapy, and the Pet Effect | p. 136 | |
| 14 | The Replacements: Do We Really Need Animals? | p. 142 |
| Digital Dog and the Internet of Cows | p. 144 | |
| Escape from Uncanny Valley | p. 150 | |
| An Alternative Universe | p. 154 | |
| Do They Love Us Back? | p. 156 | |
| Part 4 | The Age of Connectedness: Creating a Home for All Creatures | p. 159 |
| 15 | New Ways to Live Together | p. 161 |
| Notes from the Animal Underground | p. 163 | |
| Can't We All Live Together? | p. 167 | |
| A New Contract for Cohabitation | p. 171 | |
| 16 | The Betweens | p. 174 |
| Arrival of the Neophiles | p. 178 | |
| How Coyotes Conquered America | p. 182 | |
| That'll Be a Caramel Macchiato for Me and an Espresso for the Bear | p. 186 | |
| 17 | Welcome to Symbiocene City | p. 190 |
| Designing for Peaceful Coexistence | p. 191 | |
| Doglandia | p. 195 | |
| Texting Pachyderms and the Bats of Bendigo | p. 198 | |
| The Raccoons Next Door | p. 202 | |
| 18 | The New Noahs | p. 205 |
| Zealandia | p. 210 | |
| Mammoth Thoughts | p. 214 | |
| Lost World Found | p. 217 | |
| Part 5 | Wild Souls: Love, Humility, and the Principle of Reciprocity | p. 223 |
| 19 | Dreaming Animals | p. 225 |
| Avatars, Symbols, and Messengers | p. 226 | |
| The Man with the Crow Tattoo | p. 231 | |
| The Spirit of the Brahminy Kite | p. 235 | |
| In Fire and Smoke | p. 241 | |
| 20 | The Peaceable Kingdom | p. 244 |
| The Right to Be | p. 248 | |
| 21 | Learning and Teaching in a School of Animals | p. 253 |
| Animal Class | p. 255 | |
| Ten Ways to Love the World | p. 258 | |
| An Older Way of Learning | p. 261 | |
| 22 | The Bear | p. 265 |
| Beyond the Horizon | p. 268 | |
| Our Calling | p. 272 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 274 | |
| Notes | p. 275 | |
| Suggested Reading | p. 293 | |
| Index | p. 297 |
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