A desecration phrasebook

• Autores: Robert MacFarlane
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3052-3053, 2015, págs. 82-83
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Macfarlane considers a glossary for the Anthropocene. Ten years ago a Hebridean friend of his called Finlay MacLeod imagined what he called "The Counter-Desecration Phrasebook". In his thought experiment, this would be a glossary of words that denoted, defended and particularized those aspects of the living world that are vital to people, and that they wish to save. It would he a lexicon of enchantment that enabled nature to talk back, and helped them to listen. Inspired by his vision, he wrote a book called Landmarks, containing nine glossaries that gathered thousands of words for precise aspects of land, nature and weather, taken from more than 30 languages and dialects of Britain and Ireland.