Deep Agroecology and the Homeric Epics: Global Cultural Reforms for a Natural-Systems Agriculture

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
Illustrations
About the author
Foreword
Preface and acknowledgements
Glossary of selected Greek terms
1 Orientation: the challenge and the project
	A. About this book – third in a series
	B. Cultural reform and “deep agroecology”
	C. Using the Homeric epics
	D. Structure and theme
	Notes
2 The Iliad, the Odyssey, agriculture, and climate change
	A. Culture: use it or lose it
	B. Iliad: a summary-reminder
	C. Odyssey: a summary-reminder
	D. The crisis of agriculture
	E. The climate crisis
	Notes
3 Achilles: mênis, kleos, and aristeia
	A. The rage of Achilles
	B. The “embassy to Achilles”
	C. Rejecting a warrior system of values?
	D. The shame of Achilles
	E. Achilles in our day
	Notes
4 Agroecological husbandry: new roots for agriculture
	A. Perennial roots
	B. Why only now?
	C. Changing agriculture – conceptual considerations
	D. Practical considerations – progress and prospects
	E. Insights from the Iliad – how to transform agriculture
	Notes
5 Homo sapiens nobilis: trustees for the athanatoi
	A. Athanatoi and thnêtoi – pros and cons
	B. Humans, nobility, and responsibility
	C. The public trust doctrine and the common heritage of mankind principle
	D. Keystone species? ... Ecospheric trustees?
	Notes
6 Eco-states and anthro-states: new roots for sovereignty
	A. Beyond the Hobbesian view
	B. Competing and complementing loyalties
	C. Biomes, ecoregions, and eco-states – new world maps for sovereignty
	D. Eco-state #8 and Eco-state #12 - Is bioregionalism personal?
	Notes
7 Odysseus: mêtis, nostos, and polútropos
	A. Odysseus as polútropos and displaying mêtis
	B. Humanity as polútropos and displaying mêtis
	C. Eco-nostos
	D. Will Penelope wait?
	Notes
8 Gaia, gods, governance, and xenia: creating a new epic
	A. What is an epic?
	B. Gaia, gods, and xenia
	C. Did the League of Nations fail?
	D. A novel global institution and its participants
	Notes
9 Detour: Beyond the Greeks, beyond the West
	A. Reasons to look elsewhere for a motivating narrative
	B. Mesopotamia and the Epic of Gilgamesh
	C. China’s new “ecological civilization” and its traditional roots
	D. End of detour: a peculiar Homeric richness and a Western cultural obligation
	Notes
10 Moira: What is the (agroecological) fate of our godlike species?
	A. Moira explained
	B. Power to burn and power to build
	C. Adopting deep agroecology: our longest day of battle
	D. Realizing humanity’s moira: our final journey home
	Notes
Appendices
	Appendix #1: A “bare-bones brief” – Global cultural reform for a natural-systems agriculture: building on the Homeric epics to de
	Appendix #2: A “blended literature review” – The larger landscape of intellectual and professional writings on the Homeric epics
Selected bibliography
Index