Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, Vol. 1 - Planet

Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations explores our deep interconnections with the living world, featuring essays, interviews, poetry, and stories of solidarity. Volume 1 of the series, "Planet," focuses on our Earthen home and the cosmos within which we live, with perspectives from around the world and various cultures. Proceeds from sales benefit the Center for Humans and Nature, which partners with experts to explore human responsibilities to each other and the more-than-human world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 18 November 2021
Publisher: Center for Humans and Nature

Part of the 5-Volume Set 2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment and  Special Honors as Best of Anthology Volume 1 of the Kinship series revolves around the question of  planetary relations : What are the sources of our deepest evolutionary and planetary connections,and of our profound longing for kinship?    We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans—and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well. From the bacterium swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe,this community of life is our kin—and,for many cultures around the world,being human is based upon this extended sense of kinship. Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a lively series that explores our deep interconnections with the living world. The five Kinship volumes—Planet,Place,Partners,Persons,Practice—offer essays,interviews,poetry,and stories of solidarity,highlighting the interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings. More than 70 contributors—including Robin Wall Kimmerer,Richard Powers,David Abram,J. Drew Lanham,and Sharon Blackie—invite readers into cosmologies,narratives,and everyday interactions that embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility. With every breath,every sip of water,every meal,we are reminded that our lives are inseparable from the life of the world—and the cosmos—in ways both material and spiritual. “Planet,” Volume 1 of the Kinship series,focuses on our Earthen home and the cosmos within which our “pale blue dot” of a planet nestles. National poet laureate Joy Harjo opens up the volume asking us to “Remember the sky you were born under.” The essayists and poets that follow—such .

We live in an astonishing world of relations.

We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans—and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well.

From the bacterium swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe, this community of life is our kin—and, for many cultures around the world, being human is based upon this extended sense of kinship.

Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a lively series that explores our deep interconnections with the living world.

The five Kinship volumes—Planet, Place, Partners, Persons, Practice—offer essays, interviews, poetry, and stories of solidarity, highlighting the interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings.

More than 70 contributors—including Robin Wall Kimmerer, Richard Powers, David Abram, J. Drew Lanham, and Sharon Blackie—invite readers into cosmologies, narratives, and everyday interactions that embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility.

With every breath, every sip of water, every meal, we are reminded that our lives are inseparable from the life of the world—and the cosmos—in ways both material and spiritual.

“Planet,” Volume 1 of the Kinship series, focuses on our Earthen home and the cosmos within which our “pale blue dot” of a planet nestles.

National poet laureate Joy Harjo opens up the volume asking us to “Remember the sky you were born under.” The essayists and poets that follow—such .

Weight: 252g
Dimension: 134 x 195 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781736862506