For the wild : ritual and commitment in radical eco-activism /

"For the Wild explores the ways in which the commitments of radical environmental and animal-rights activists develop through powerful experiences with the larger-than-human world during childhood and young adulthood. The book addresses the question of how and why activists come to value nonhum...

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Main Author: Pike, Sarah M., 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: For all the wild hearts
  • Freedom and insurrection around a fire
  • At the turn of the millennium : youth culture and the roots of contemporary activism
  • Childhood landscapes of wonder and awe
  • Into the forest
  • "Liberation's crusade has begun" : Hare Krishna hardcore youth and animal rights activism
  • Circles of community, strategies of inclusion
  • Rites of grief and mourning.