Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations

Synopsis

Extinction Studies Focuses On The Entangled Ecological And Social Dimensions Of Extinction, Exploring The Ways In Which Extinction Catastrophically Interrupts Life-giving Processes Of Time, Death, And Generations. The Volume Opens Up Important Philosophical Questions About Our Place In, And Obligations To, A More-than-human World. Drawing On Fieldwork, Philosophy, Literature, History, And A Range Of Other Perspectives, Each Of The Chapters In This Book Tells A Unique Extinction Story That Explores What Extinction Is, What It Means, Why It Matters--and To Whom. -- Provided By Publisher. Foreword / Cary Wolfe -- Introduction : Telling Extinction Stories / Deborah Bird Rose, Thom Van Dooren, And Matthew Chrulew -- Walking With Ōkami, The Large-mouthed Pure God / James Hatley -- Saving The Golden Lion Tamarin / Matthew Chrulew -- Extinction In A Distant Land : The Question Of Elliot's Bird Of Paradise / Rick De Vos -- Monk Seals At The Edge : Blessings In A Time Of Peril / Deborah Bird Rose -- Encountering Leatherbacks In Multispecies Knots Of Time / Michelle Bastian -- Spectral Crows In Hawaiʻi : Conservation And The Work Of Inheritance / Thom Van Dooren -- Afterword : It Is An Entire World That Has Disappeared / Vinciane Despret. Edited By Deborah Bird Rose, Thom Van Dooren, And Matthew Chrulew. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.