Ecological Intelligence: Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature

by Ian McCallum

Overview

Defines a new way of thinking about the unprecedented environmental pressures of our day. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555916879
Publisher:	Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2008
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

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