Coming home to the Pleistocene / Paul Shepard ; edited by Florence R. Shepard.

By:

Shepard, Paul, 1925-1996

Contributor(s):

Shepard, Florence R

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 195 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1417594233
9781417594238
9781597268479
159726847X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coming home to the Pleistocene.DDC classification:

306.3/64 21

LOC classification:

GN388 .S5 1998eb

Other classification:

42.85
LC 21000

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Contents:

The relevance of the past -- Getting a genome -- How we once lived -- How the mind once lived -- Savages again -- Ramancing the potato -- The cowboy alternative -- Wildness and wilderness -- The new mosaic -- a primal closure.

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Summary: Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme, the central tenet of his thought: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution during the Pleistocene epoch, and that the current subversion of that Pleistocene heritage lies at the heart of today's ecological and social ills. Coming Home to the Pleistocene provides the fullest explanation of that theme. The book explicitly addresses the fundamental question raised by Shepard's work: What can we do to re-create a life more in tune with our genetic roots? In this book, Shepard presents concrete suggestions for fostering the kinds of ecological settings and cultural practices that are optimal for human health and well-being.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.

Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme, the central tenet of his thought: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution during the Pleistocene epoch, and that the current subversion of that Pleistocene heritage lies at the heart of today's ecological and social ills. Coming Home to the Pleistocene provides the fullest explanation of that theme. The book explicitly addresses the fundamental question raised by Shepard's work: What can we do to re-create a life more in tune with our genetic roots? In this book, Shepard presents concrete suggestions for fostering the kinds of ecological settings and cultural practices that are optimal for human health and well-being.

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