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The Cbc Massey Lectures: Wayfinders by Wade Davis (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Wayfinders : Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, Paperback by Davis, Wade, ISBN 0887848427, ISBN-13 9780887848421, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Anthropologist Wade Davis, travels to Nepal, Polynesia, the Amazon, Australia, and the Andes to discover what different cultures believe it means to be human.

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PublisherHouse of Anansi Press

ISBN-100887848427

ISBN-139780887848421

eBay Product ID (ePID)78701720

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Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWayfinders

Publication Year2009

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Sociology / General, Indigenous Studies, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ecology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorWade Davis

SeriesThe Cbc Massey Lectures

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews...[Davis] does a solid job of debunking the notion that Western rationalism, espoused from the Enlightenment through to the present, is the only-or even the best-model for humanity.

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Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal303.48/2

SynopsisEvery culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true lost civilization, the Peoples of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the earth really is alive, while in Australia we experience Dreamtime, the all-embracing philosophy of the first humans to walk out of Africa. We then travel to Nepal, where we encounter a wisdom hero, a Bodhisattva, who emerges from forty-five years of Buddhist retreat and solitude. And finally we settle in Borneo, where the last rainforest nomads struggle to survive. Understanding the lessons of this journey will be our mission for the next century. For at risk is the human legacy -- a vast archive of knowledge and expertise, a catalogue of the imagination. Rediscovering a new appreciation for the diversity of the human spirit, as expressed by culture, is among the central challenges of our time., Distinguished anthropologist Wade Davis leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures.