{"product_id":"waking-to-nature-with-thoreau-and-benjamin-or-psychopolitical-ecology-9798765129289","title":"Waking to Nature with Thoreau and Benjamin: Or, Psychopolitical Ecology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do two white men born in the century before last have to say that could possibly be of any use or value in the current conjuncture of climate collapse, the end of the age of fossil fuels and much life on earth, and the recent re-rise of reactionary forces against progressive politics? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurns out, a lot, especially for waking to nature, place, life, social injustice, environmental destruction, industrial capitalism and its technologies. Henry David Thoreau - an inspiration for William Melvin Kelley's writing on 'staying woke' - and Walter Benjamin suggest sensory means for waking the consumer asleep under the \"phony spell\" of the \"putrid magic\" of the commodity; provide tools of theory and critique for waking to sexism, racism, and placism; empower the weak with a robust vocabulary for telling the stories of people and places; create resources of hope and limit the prospect of despair about the future; and point to pathways for being at home with the living earth. These are all vital facets of psychopolitical ecology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaking to Nature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith Thoreau and Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e discusses topics both writers share in common, such as memory, dreaming, waking, walking, water, swamps, lakes, the body, and the senses, and highlights convergences and divergences between them. It is the first book of psychopolitical ecology and the first to bring together these two timely thinkers and writers for whom life is the union of materiality and spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rod Giblett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765129289","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365818265737,"sku":"9798765129289","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ddc27ac3-d01e-4ac8-806a-baa2657c4ed5.jpg?v=1751346343","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/waking-to-nature-with-thoreau-and-benjamin-or-psychopolitical-ecology-9798765129289","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}