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  • Whale Song

    by Professor Margret Grebowicz ...
    Series series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The sapiens of the sea, whales are the other intelligent, social, and loquacious animal. But they seem to swim away the more people chase after them in an effort to communicate and connect. Why does the meaning of their mesmerizing songs continue to elude us? In times of unprecedented ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mountains and Desire

    Climbing vs. The End of the World

    by Margret Grebowicz ...
    On the 100th anniversary of the first attempt to climb Mt Everest, Margret Grebowicz shows how and why climbing and mountaineering are still important today.In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. “Because it’s there”.Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story or interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lyotard and Critical Practice

    Edited by Dr Kiff Bamford, Professor Margret Grebowicz ...
    Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998) was one of the previous century's most provocative thinkers. Can his work help us address the crisis currently facing the humanities?The dominant economic discourse sees the humanities as “low-value,” an irritation at best. Lyotard helps us to think against this pervasive dismissal of creative activity, not by defending the honor of the humanities, but by inviting ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Rescue Me

    On Dogs and Their Humans

    by Margret Grebowicz ...
    Series series Forerunners: Ideas First
    What exactly is it we want from dogs today?This is a little book about the oldest relationship we humans have cultivated with another large animal—in something like the original interspecies space, as old or older than any other practice that might be called human. But it’s also about the role of this relationship in the attrition of life—especially social life—in late capitalism. As we become ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The National Park to Come

    by Margret Grebowicz ...
    Historians of wilderness have shown that nature reserves are used ideologically in the construction of American national identity. But the contemporary problem of wilderness demands examination of how profoundly nature-in-reserve influences something more fundamental, namely what counts as being well, having a life, and having a future. What is wellness for the citizens to whom the parks are said ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Why Internet Porn Matters

    by Margret Grebowicz ...
    Now that pornography is on the Internet, its political and social functions have changed. So contends Margret Grebowicz in this imperative philosophical analysis of Internet porn. The production and consumption of Internet porn, in her account, are a symptom of the obsession with self-exposure in today's social networking media, which is, in turn, a symptom of the modern democratic construction of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Beyond the Cyborg

    Adventures with Donna Haraway

    by Margret Grebowicz, Helen Merrick, Donna Haraway ...
    Feminist theorist and philosopher Donna Haraway has substantially impacted thought on science, cyberculture, the environment, animals, and social relations. This long-overdue volume explores her influence on feminist theory and philosophy, paying particular attention to her more recent work on companion species, rather than her "Manifesto for Cyborgs."Margret Grebowicz and Helen Merrick argue that ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Mountains and Desire

    Climbing vs. The End of the World

    by Margret Grebowicz ...
    Narrated by Margret Grebowicz ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 48 min

    On the 100th anniversary of the first attempt to climb Mt Everest, Margret Grebowicz shows how and why climbing and mountaineering are still important today.In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. “Because it’s there”.Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story or interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict

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    Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern environmental preservation. But the park and its surrounding regions have recently become a lightning rod for environmental conflict, plagued by intense and intractable political struggles among the federal government, National Park Service, ... Read more

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  • Saving Time

    Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture

    by Jenny Odell ...
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  • The Elephant in the Brain

    Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

    by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson ...
    Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus we don't like to talk or even think about ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • You Are Your Best Thing

    Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

    Edited by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and moreNAMED ONE ... Read more

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