Avenging Nature

Avenging Nature

Author: Eduardo Valls Oyarzun

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1793621454

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“Nature, thou art my goddess”—Edmund’s bold assertion in King Lear could easily inspire and, at the same time, function as a lamentation of the inadequate respect of nature in culture. In this volume, international experts provide multidisciplinary exploration of the insubordinate representations of nature in modern and contemporary literature and art. The work foregrounds the need to reassess how nature is already, and has been for a while, striking back against human domination. From the perspective of literary studies, art, history, media studies, ethics and philosophy, and ethnology and anthropology, Avenging Nature highlights the need of assessing insurgent discourses that—converging with counter-discourses of race, gender or class—realize the empowerment of nature from its subaltern position. Acknowledging the argument that cultural representations of nature establish a relationship of domination and exploitation of human discourse over nonhuman reality and that, in consequence, our regard for nature as humanist critics is instrumental and anthropocentric, the present volume advocates for the view that the time has come to finally perceive nature’s vengeance and to critically probe into nature’s ongoing revenge against the exploitation of culture.


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Download or read book Avenging Nature written by Eduardo Valls Oyarzun and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nature, thou art my goddess”—Edmund’s bold assertion in King Lear could easily inspire and, at the same time, function as a lamentation of the inadequate respect of nature in culture. In this volume, international experts provide multidisciplinary exploration of the insubordinate representations of nature in modern and contemporary literature and art. The work foregrounds the need to reassess how nature is already, and has been for a while, striking back against human domination. From the perspective of literary studies, art, history, media studies, ethics and philosophy, and ethnology and anthropology, Avenging Nature highlights the need of assessing insurgent discourses that—converging with counter-discourses of race, gender or class—realize the empowerment of nature from its subaltern position. Acknowledging the argument that cultural representations of nature establish a relationship of domination and exploitation of human discourse over nonhuman reality and that, in consequence, our regard for nature as humanist critics is instrumental and anthropocentric, the present volume advocates for the view that the time has come to finally perceive nature’s vengeance and to critically probe into nature’s ongoing revenge against the exploitation of culture.


Avenging the People

Avenging the People

Author: J.M. Opal

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0190660260

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Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a "populist" champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers. Many date the onset of American democracy to his 1829 inauguration. Despite his reverence for the "sovereign people," however, Jackson spent much of his career limiting that sovereignty, imposing new and often unpopular legal regimes over American lands and markets. He made his name as a lawyer, businessman, and official along the Carolina and Tennessee frontiers, at times ejecting white squatters from native lands and returning slaves to native planters in the name of federal authority and international law. On the other hand, he waged total war on the Cherokees and Creeks who terrorized western settlements and raged at the national statesmen who refused to "avenge the blood" of innocent colonists. During the long war in the south and west from 1811 to 1818 he brushed aside legal restraints on holy genocide and mass retaliation, presenting himself as the only man who would protect white families from hostile empires, "heathen" warriors, and rebellious slaves. He became a towering hero to those who saw the United States as uniquely lawful and victimized. And he used that legend to beat back a range of political, economic, and moral alternatives for the republican future. Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the grim and principled man whose version of American nationhood continues to shape American democracy.


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Download or read book Avenging the People written by J.M. Opal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a "populist" champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers. Many date the onset of American democracy to his 1829 inauguration. Despite his reverence for the "sovereign people," however, Jackson spent much of his career limiting that sovereignty, imposing new and often unpopular legal regimes over American lands and markets. He made his name as a lawyer, businessman, and official along the Carolina and Tennessee frontiers, at times ejecting white squatters from native lands and returning slaves to native planters in the name of federal authority and international law. On the other hand, he waged total war on the Cherokees and Creeks who terrorized western settlements and raged at the national statesmen who refused to "avenge the blood" of innocent colonists. During the long war in the south and west from 1811 to 1818 he brushed aside legal restraints on holy genocide and mass retaliation, presenting himself as the only man who would protect white families from hostile empires, "heathen" warriors, and rebellious slaves. He became a towering hero to those who saw the United States as uniquely lawful and victimized. And he used that legend to beat back a range of political, economic, and moral alternatives for the republican future. Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the grim and principled man whose version of American nationhood continues to shape American democracy.


The Dial

The Dial

Author: Francis Fisher Browne

Publisher:

Published: 1897

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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Fruits and Farinacea

Fruits and Farinacea

Author: John Smith (of Malton, Eng.)

Publisher:

Published: 1856

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Human/nature

Human/nature

Author: John P. Herron

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780826319166

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Provocative essays explore how ideas about human nature inform or shape human understanding of nature and the environment.


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Download or read book Human/nature written by John P. Herron and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative essays explore how ideas about human nature inform or shape human understanding of nature and the environment.


Strength and Diet

Strength and Diet

Author: Francis Albert Rollo Russell

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13:

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Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society

Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society

Author: Edinburgh Obstetrical Society

Publisher:

Published: 1891

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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Includes List of fellows on each vol.


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Download or read book Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society written by Edinburgh Obstetrical Society and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes List of fellows on each vol.


The Living Authors of England

The Living Authors of England

Author: Thomas POWELL (of New York.)

Publisher:

Published: 1849

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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The Meaning of Technology. Selected Readings from American Sources

The Meaning of Technology. Selected Readings from American Sources

Author: Montserrat Ginés Gibert

Publisher: Univ. Politèc. de Catalunya

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 8483017334

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The significance of "technology" has been subject of continuous discussion. This selection of readings, ranging from primary sources to scholarly and critical works and literary renderings, is intended to furnish elements for that discussion. The history of the United States began with the advent of the industrial revolution, which, in turn, became an integral part of American national and cultural identity. Accordingly, that country provides an appropriate setting in which to examine the debate on technology. The reader is asked to relate the selected views herein included to his or her own notion of technology and progress as they both relate to the also controversial terms of culture, ideology, nature and gender


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Download or read book The Meaning of Technology. Selected Readings from American Sources written by Montserrat Ginés Gibert and published by Univ. Politèc. de Catalunya. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The significance of "technology" has been subject of continuous discussion. This selection of readings, ranging from primary sources to scholarly and critical works and literary renderings, is intended to furnish elements for that discussion. The history of the United States began with the advent of the industrial revolution, which, in turn, became an integral part of American national and cultural identity. Accordingly, that country provides an appropriate setting in which to examine the debate on technology. The reader is asked to relate the selected views herein included to his or her own notion of technology and progress as they both relate to the also controversial terms of culture, ideology, nature and gender


Herald of the Golden Age

Herald of the Golden Age

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Publisher:

Published: 1897

Total Pages: 916

ISBN-13:

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