{"product_id":"kinship-gavin-van-horn-9781736862506","title":"Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, Vol. 1 - Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Part of the 5-Volume Set 2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology \u0026amp; Environment and\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Special Honors as Best of Anthology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 1 of the Kinship series revolves around the question of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eplanetary relations\u003c\/em\u003e What are the sources of our deepest evolutionary and planetary connections, and of our profound longing for kinship? \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans--and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well. From the bacterium swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe, this community of life is our kin--and, for many cultures around the world, being human is based upon this extended sense of kinship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKinship: Belonging in a World of Relations\u003c\/em\u003e is a lively series that explores our deep interconnections with the living world. The five \u003cem\u003eKinship\u003c\/em\u003e volumes--Planet, Place, Partners, Persons, Practice--offer essays, interviews, poetry, and stories of solidarity, highlighting the interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings. More than 70 contributors--including Robin Wall Kimmerer, Richard Powers, David Abram, J. Drew Lanham, and Sharon Blackie--invite readers into cosmologies, narratives, and everyday interactions that embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith every breath, every sip of water, every meal, we are reminded that our lives are inseparable from the life of the world--and the cosmos--in ways both material and spiritual. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Planet,\" Volume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003cem\u003eKinship \u003c\/em\u003eseries, focuses on our Earthen home and the cosmos within which our \"pale blue dot\" of a planet nestles. National poet laureate Joy Harjo opens up the volume asking us to \"Remember the sky you were born under.\" The essayists and poets that follow--such as geologist Marcia Bjornerud who takes readers on a Deep Time journey, geophilosopher David Abram who imagines the Earth's breathing through animal migrations, and theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser who contemplates the relations between mystery and science--offer perspectives from around the world and from various cultures about what it means to be an Earthling, and all that we share in common with our planetary kin. \"Remember,\" Harjo implores, \"all is in motion, is growing, is you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProceeds from sales of \u003cem\u003eKinship\u003c\/em\u003e benefit the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for Humans and Nature, which partners with some of the brightest minds to explore human responsibilities to each other and the more-than-human world. The Center brings together philosophers, ecologists, artists, political scientists, anthropologists, poets and economists, among others, to think creatively about a resilient future for the whole community of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Van Horn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736862502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736862506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Center for Humans and Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Gavin Van Horn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052157825279,"sku":"9781736862506","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2875a9bd-adc4-43ab-b936-60560b47d88f.jpg?v=1685017269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kinship-gavin-van-horn-9781736862506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}