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Author:   Ingrid Leman Stefanovic
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781487505936

ISBN 10:   1487505930
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Ingrid Leman Stefanovic Part One: The Lived Experience of Water Rain Queen Kirby Manià, Simon Fraser University  1. Water Gaia: Toward a Scientific Phenomenology of Water Stephan Harding, Schumacher College 2. Flow Motions and Kinethic Responsiveness Stephen J. Smith, Simon Fraser University 3. Creaturely Migrations on a Breathing Planet David Abram, Author and Cultural Ecologist 4. When Salmon Are Deemed Superfluous: Reflecting on a Struggle of Stories Martin Lee Mueller, Rudolf Steiner University College, Oslo Part Two: Water and Place 5. The Place of Water Janet Donohoe, University of West Georgia 6. Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam: Meandering Toward a Fair Urban Riversphere Irene Klaver, University of North Texas 7. Water and the City: Towards an Ethos of Fluid Urbanism Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Simon Fraser University 8. What We’re Talking about When We’re Talking about Water: Race, Imperial Politics, and Ruination in Flint, Michigan Sarah King, Grand Rapids University Part Three: Rethinking Water Policy, Practice, and Ethics 9. The Bonding Properties of Water: Community, Urban River Restoration, and Non-human Agency Bryan Bannon, Merrimack College 10. Standing Rock: Water Protectors in a Time of Failed Policy Trish Glazebrook, Washington State University and Jeff Gessas, University of North Texas 11. Phenomenology, Water Policy, and the Conception of the Polis Henry Dicks, Université Jean Moulin, France 12. Towards a Complexity Ethics: Understanding and Action on Behalf of Life-World Well-Being Robert Mugerauer, University of Washington Part Four: Closing Reflections Conclusion: Looking Forward: From Poetics to Praxis Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Simon Fraser University The Lure of Water: Four Poems Dilys Leman, Toronto List of Contributors Index

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The thought-provoking and scholarly chapters of The Wonder of Water reframe how we think about water. This interdisciplinary collection examines the developing field of water ethics, with ideas about realigning human relationships with water and the natural landscape. -- Rachel Jagareski * Foreword Reviews, January/February 2020 *

The thought-provoking and scholarly chapters of The Wonder of Water reframe how we think about water. This interdisciplinary collection examines the developing field of water ethics, with ideas about realigning human relationships with water and the natural landscape. -- Rachel Jagareski * Foreword Reviews, January/February, 2020 *

Author Information

Ingrid Leman Stefanovic is a professor emerita in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a professor and dean emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at Simon Fraser University.

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