Hugh Raffles Bücher

Sie waren vor uns da und werden uns überleben. Sie begleiten uns seit Menschengedenken, so nah und alltäglich wie keine anderen Lebewesen: Insekten bestäuben unsere Nutzpflanzen, ernähren sich von unserem Essen, leben in unseren Betten und Kleidungsstücken, in den Ritzen unserer Dielen und dem Fell unserer Haustiere. Grund genug, sich endlich diesen fremdartigen, beinahe unsichtbaren Lebensbegleitern zu widmen. Der Anthropologe Hugh Raffles erzählt die faszinierende Geschichte der langen und engen Beziehung, die uns mit diesen kleinen, wunderbaren und erstaunlich vollendeten Wesen verbindet. Seine Insektopädie ist ein fesselnder Streifzug durch Wissenschaft und Philosophie, Anthropologie und Zoologie, Wirtschaft und Populärkultur, auf dem nicht nur die Insekten, sondern auch die Menschen genau unter die Lupe genommen werden

In "Das Buch der Unverfügbarkeiten" reflektiert Hugh Raffles über den Verlust seiner Schwestern und sucht Trost in der unbelebten Materie der Gesteine. Er untersucht das Verhältnis von Tiefenzeit und menschlicher Zeit anhand von sechs Gesteinsarten und thematisiert Ausbeutung und Trauer, während er Trost in den Lücken und Rissen des Lebens findet.

When Hugh Raffles's two sisters died suddenly within a few weeks of each other, he reached for rocks, stones, and other seemingly solid objects as anchors in a world unmoored, as ways to make sense of these events through stories far larger than his own. A moving, profound, and affirming meditation, The Book of Unconformitiesgrounded in stories of stones: Neolithic stone circles, Icelandic lava, mica from a Nazi concentration camp, petrified whale blubber in Svalbard, the marble prized by Manhattan's Lenape people, and a huge Greenlandic meteorite that arrived with six Inuit adventurers in the exuberant but fractious New York City of 1897. As Raffles follows these fundamental objects, unearthing the events they've engendered, he finds them losing their solidity and becoming as capricious, indifferent, and willful as time itself. From the author of the acclaimed lnsectopedia, a powerful exploration of loss, endurance, and the absences that permeate the present.

Exploring the interplay between human activity and the Amazon's natural landscape, this book reveals how the region has been continuously reshaped by its inhabitants. Through detailed ethnographic research and historical insights, it highlights the experiences of a small Brazilian community, offering a fresh perspective on the Amazon's allure and complexity. The narrative encourages readers to reconsider the concept of "nature" and its relationship with human influence, ultimately transforming our understanding of this iconic wilderness.

From the author of the acclaimed Insectopedia, a powerful exploration of loss, endurance, and the absences that permeate the present When Hugh Raffles’s two sisters died suddenly within a few weeks of each other, he reached for rocks, stones, and other seemingly solid objects as anchors in a world unmoored, as ways to make sense of these events through stories far larger than his own. A moving, profound, and affirming meditation, The Book of Unconformities is grounded in stories of stones: Neolithic stone circles, Icelandic lava, mica from a Nazi concentration camp, petrified whale blubber in Svalbard, the marble prized by Manhattan’s Lenape, and a huge Greenlandic meteorite that arrived with six Inuit adventurers in the exuberant but fractious New York City of 1897. As Raffles follows these fundamental objects, unearthing the events they’ve engendered, he finds them losing their solidity and becoming as capricious, indifferent, and willful as time itself.