Title For the wild : ritual and commitment in radical eco-activism / Sarah M. Pike

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) Contents Freedom and insurrection around a fire -- Youth culture and the roots of contemporary activism -- Childhood landscapes of wonder and awe -- Into the forest -- Liberation's crusade -- Circles of community, strategies of inclusion -- Rites of grief and mourning Summary "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 nonhuman animals and the natural world as worthy of protection. Emotions and memories of wonder, love, compassion, anger, and grief shape activists' protest practices and help us understand their deep-rooted commitments to the planet and its creatures. Drawing on analyses of activist art, music, and writings, as well as interviews and participant-observation in activist communities, Sarah M. Pike delves into the sacred duties of these often misunderstood and marginalized groups with openness and sensitivity."--Provided by publisher Analysis activism activist art activist communities activists animal rights activists animal rights animal welfare childhood conservation contemporary activism emotions environmentalism environmentalist growing up inclusion interviews marginalized groups music natural world nonhuman animals observation protection radical activists radical environmentalists writings young adulthood Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 25, 2017) Subject Animal rights -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States Animal rights movement -- United States Animal rights activists -- United States Environmentalists -- United States -- Attitudes Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Environmental ethics -- United States PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy. RELIGION -- Religion & Science. Animal rights activists Animal rights -- Moral and ethical aspects Animal rights movement Environmental ethics Environmentalists -- Attitudes Nature -- Effect of human beings on United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2017015386 ISBN 9780520967892 0520967895

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