Sublime

we dwell in the earth, rather than on it?

But the longer I stared at it, the less comprehensible the creature became. The more it became something alien to me, the more I had a sense that I knew nothing at all—about nature, about ecosystems. There was something about my mood and its dark glow that eclipsed sense, that made me see this creature, which had indeed been assigned a place in the

nossa metanarrativa histórica convencional sobre o progresso ambivalente da civilização humana, em que se perdem as liberdades à medida que as sociedades se tornam maiores e mais complexas — foi em ampla medida inventada a fim de neutralizar a ameaça da crítica indígena.

Muita gente afirma que o que nos distingue dos outros seres é a linguagem; o fato de falarmos, termos discernimento e criarmos relações sociais. Ora, se a principal marca dos humanos é se distinguir do resto da vida terrestre, isso nos aproxima mais da ficção científica que defende que os humanos que estão habitando a Terra não são daqui.

Models of progression, advancement, linearity and individuality – models, in short, of hierarchy and dominance – collapse under the weight of actual diversity. Life is soupy, mixed up and tumultuous. Muddying the waters is precisely the point, because it’s from such nutritious streams that life grows. The individual, under the microscope or under t

Dans une étude fascinante sur les jeunes militants du Front national à la fin des années 1990, l’anthropologue Sylvain Crépon a exprimé l’ampleur du trouble qui l’avait saisi lorsqu’il a découvert que l’idéologie de ces militants s’appuyait très largement sur les ressources conceptuelles et lexicales de l’anthropologie: «appartenance culturelle», «