02633nam 2200589 450 991079589850332120240102112649.09780228013709(electronic bk.)978022800530810.1515/9780228013709(MiAaPQ)EBC6944695(Au-PeEL)EBL6944695(CKB)21459789000041(OCoLC)1310342206(DE-B1597)654475(DE-B1597)9780228013709(EXLCZ)992145978900004120230118h20212021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFlight from grace a cultural history of humans and birds /Richard PopeMontreal, Quebec province ;Kingston, Canada ;London, England ;Chicago, Illinois :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (313 pages)Print version: Pope, Richard Flight from Grace Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2021 9780228005308 Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-282) and index.Divine Implications: Telltale Evidence -- Animism and the Sacred -- Birds in Palaeolithic Cave Wall Art -- Birds in Palaeolithic Portable Art -- Birds in Neolithic Art: Anatolia, Iraq, Syria, and Europe -- Sacred Birds of Mesopotamia and Egypt -- Sacred Birds of Peru -- Sacred Birds of Greece and the Judeo-Christian World -- Gods as Birds: The Magic of Flight -- Sacred Music: The Ecstasy of Birdsong -- Birds Betrayed: Sapiens at Its Worst -- What Went Wrong? -- What Is to Be Done?.Suggesting that the replacement of an animistic worldview with a mechanistic one has led humans to deny their animality, Flight from Grace calls on readers to appreciate how our past relationship with birds might help transform our current relationship with nature.BirdsSocial aspectsHistoryHuman-animal relationshipsHuman ecologyBirds in artHistory.fastAnthropology.Environmental studies.BirdsSocial aspectsHistory.Human-animal relationships.Human ecology.Birds in art.598cci1icclaccPope Richard1941-1542807MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795898503321Flight from grace3795863UNINA