Apology to a whale
Subtitle: words to mend a world
By: Cecile Pineda
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781609404406
Subjects: Environmentalism; Human ecology; Philosophy; Ecolinguistics
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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191), filmography (pages 192-193).