1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819406003321

Autore

Hutton Ronald

Titolo

Shamans : Siberian spirituality and the Western imagination / / Ronald Hutton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

0-8264-4637-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages)

Disciplina

291.144

Soggetti

Shamans - Russia - Siberia

Shamanism - Russia - Siberia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly fascination. In Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination Ronald Hutton looks at what is really known about both the shamans of Siberia and about others spread throughout the world. He traces the growth of knowledge of shamans in Imperial and Stalinist Russia, descibes local variations and different types of shamanism, and explores more recent western influences on its history and modern practice. This is a challenging book by one of the world's leading authorities on Paganism.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808446303321

Autore

Hamblin Jacob Darwin

Titolo

Arming Mother Nature : the birth of catastrophic environmentalism / / Jacob Darwin Hamblin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-19-991159-2

0-19-990849-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 298 pages)

Disciplina

363.340973

Soggetti

Environmental policy - United States - History - 20th century

Environmentalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Environmental sciences - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Total War and Catastrophic Environmentalism -- Part One. Pathways of Nature -- The Natural Vulnerability of Civilizations -- Bacteria, Radiation, and Crop Destruction in War Planning -- Ecological Invasions and Convulsions -- Part Two. Forces of Nature -- Earth Under Surveillance -- Acts of God and Acts of Man -- Wildcat Ideas for Environmental Warfare -- Part Three. Gatekeepers of Nature -- The Doomsday Men -- Vietnam and the Seeds of Destruction -- The Terroristic Science of Environmental Modification -- Adjustment or Extinction -- Conclusion: The Miracle of Survival.

Sommario/riassunto

Are today's environmental crises linked to the plans for World War 3? The United States and its allies prepared for a global struggle against the Soviet Union by using science to extend 'total war' ideas to the natural environment. This book links environmental warfare to the environmental crises of the 1970s and beyond.