Just read this book by Wade Davis, a Canadian anthropologist. It is a hell of a book. It is based on a series of lectures, so is very readable.
The author gives first hand accounts of peoples he has spent time with all over the world, who are still in some measure living the ancient ways, who have a very different attitude to the world than we moderns do. It is a beautiful feast of diverse humanities. And also an urgent polemic against our destructive and monocultural ways, favouring the ancient wisdoms that saw the human purpose as promoting, rather than destroying, balance in the natural world. The Wayfinders (a reference to the extraordinary navigational skills of the Pacific Islanders) will have an impact on you.
No comments:
Post a Comment