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Examines how four intellectuals with ties to the French social sciences articulated a new primitivist sensibility between 1945 and 1975. We tend to associate primitivism with the nostalgic idealization of origins, often aimed at parts of the world that are viewed as closer to that idealized past than modern post-industrial society. Primitivist impulses still exist in popular culture, whether in paleo diets or returns to foraging, and they can also be seen in intellectual and political circles in debates around the possibility of degrowth. In this book, historian Ryan L. Allen examines primitivism anew through four fascinating figures: Georges Bataille, Henri Lefebvre, Georges Devereux, and Mircea Eliade. In the postwar period, Allen shows, the French social sciences reappraised the primitive and archaic from anthropological, sociological, psychiatric, and religious angles. These four thinkers sought past alternatives to midcentury hypermodernization and capitalist excess. They put forth trenchant critiques of contemporary society and sought in the archaic past a way to imagine a more sustainable future. Adventures in the Archaic rehabilitates these thinkers, showing how their critique of growth and consumerism was nourished by an engagement with primitive cultures as potential sources of cultural and ecological wisdom. As we confront planetary crisis, Allen suggests, there is still much we can learn from these iconoclastic approaches.
A practical field guide to the common lichens found in the northeastern megalopolis, including New York City, Toronto, Boston/New Haven, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington, D.C., and as far west as Chicago “A must-read for all who seek the wonders and diversity of nature in the city. Accessible, clear, and packed with invitations to curiosity.”—David George Haskell, author and winner of The John Burroughs Medal forThe Songs of Trees Lichens are dynamic, symbiotic organisms formed by close cooperation between fungi and algae. There are over 20,000 identified species performing essential ecosystem services worldwide. Extremely sensitive to air pollution, they have returned to cities from which they were absent for decades until the air became cleaner. This guide is the first to introduce urban naturalists to over 60 of the common lichens now found in cities and urban areas throughout northeastern North America--in parks and schoolyards, on streets, and in open spaces. Divided into three sections -- lichen basics, including their biology, chemistry, morphology, and role in human history; species accounts and descriptions; and an illustrated glossary, index, and references for further reading -- the book aims to connect city dwellers and visitors with the natural world around them. The descriptions, exquisite photographs, and line drawings will enable users to enter the hidden world of lichens.
Palaeoclimates and their Modelling
J.R.L. Allen; B.J. Hoskins; P.J. Valdes; B.W. Sellwood; R. Spicer
Chapman and Hall
1994
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The climate of the Earth has undergone many changes and for those times when geologic data are widespread and abundant the Mesozoic appears to have been one of the warmest intervals. This was a time during which the single continent Pangea disintegrated into continental units similar to those of today, a time when there were no significant polar ice caps and sea level was generally much higher than at the present time, and a time when dinosaurs apparently dominated terrestrial faunas and the flowering plants evolved. Understanding this alien world, ancestral to ours, is intrinsically interesting, intellectually challenging, and offers opportunities for more effective targeting of sites where commercially important geological resources may be found. It also provides critical insights into the operation of coupled Earth systems (biospheric, atmospheric, hydrospheric and geospheric) under extreme 'greenhouse' conditions, and therefore may have relevance to possible future global change. Our intention in organizing this Discussion Meeting was to bring together those who gather and interpret geologic data with those who model global climates from first principles. The community of workers who study the Quaternary have made significant advances by integrating and comparing palaeodata and climate model experiments. Although we have focused not on the Quaternary 'icehouse' but on the Mesozoic 'hothouse' climate we are well aware that approaches used in the study of the Quaternary may have relevance to earlier times.
Welcome to the bright red bouncing-ball world of Cindique Sanders-Lassiter in this slick, sleak, sexy tale from the undisputed master of literary erotica, Preston L. Allen. Cindique is in love with Roderick Redd, the cutest phone pro at McDarc Inc., but can she save him from the clutches of their boss, Groan of Dark? In the meantime, Cindique herself is being pursued by the violent wildman with the pretty, pretty shoes, who still holds the key to her apartment and her heart. "Bounce is rejection and reversal. Bounce is making love to words. "Bounce is the one who'll always be there for you. "Bounce is the day he fails to show up. "Bounce is the ball, which like our heart, is made of rubber so we scarcely feel it when we hit the wall over and over again.
8 sessions. A concise look at United Methodist history and doctrine. Includes study guide
The stories of women throughout the Bible are among the most remarkable in all of literature. Many of these women have inspired faith and been shining examples of God's place in our lives. In a set of captivating and thought-provoking sermons, Robert Allen takes a closer look at ten of these women, both the well-known and the overlooked, and reveals how they share a common humanity with modern Christians. Chapters include: - All About Eve -- Genesis 2:21-25; 3:1-7 - Don't Look Back -- Genesis 19:26; 10:24-26 - Letters In The Sand -- John 8:1-11 - The Touch Of Faith -- Mark 5:25-34 ... and more Robert L. Allen is currently the senior minister of First United Methodist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. The author of four other CSS books, Allen previously served for 15 years as the senior minister of Wesley United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. While at Wesley, he developed a television ministry that reaches throughout Oklahoma and into three other states. Allen holds a D.Min. degree from Drew University, where his dissertation was on the religious use of television.
The Cruise of the Canoe Club
W L (William Livingston) Alden; W A (William Allen) Rogers
Anson Street Press
2025
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