Ecological Intelligence: Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature

by Ian McCallum

Overview

A bestseller in Africa, Ecological Intelligence defines a new way of thinking about the unprecedented environmental pressures of our day. Ian McCallum offers a compelling argument: that we must think differently about ourselves and the earth if we are to take seriously the survival of wilderness areas, wild animals and the human race. He explores the relationship between humans and nature from both a biological and poetic perspective, articulating a wild and ethical imperative—an urgent reminder that we are inextricably linked to the land and that we must not be the creatures of our own undoing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555918866
Publisher:	Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date:	08/23/2017
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	440 KB

About the Author

Ian McCallum is a medical doctor, Jungian psychologist, wilderness guide, and founder of the Wilderness Leadership School in the Cape of Good Hope. He is the author of the novel Thorns to Kilimanjaro and a poetry collection, Wild Gifts. In the 1970s he played fullback for Springbok, South Africa's national union rugby team.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments IX

Wilderness XI

Foreword XII

Introduction 1

Part 1 Remembering Where We Have Come From

1 The Reshaping of Myth and Language 11

2 Evolution in Perspective 25

3 The Wake-Up Calls 57

4 Facing Our Shadow 79

5 Remembering Our Wild Side 95

6 Living in a Mindfield 115

Part 2 Looking Ahead

7 The Blind Spots 147

8 Reconciliation 173

9 The Keeping of the Zoo 191

10 Heading Out-Coming Home 211

Bibliography 226

Index 230