Deep Agroecology and the Homeric Epics: Global , Head Hardcover Hardcover..

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Deep Agroecology and the Homeric EpicsGlobal Cultural Reforms for a Natural-Systems Agriculture\nAuthor(s): John W. Head\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367622190, 978-0367622190\nSynopsis\nDrawing on the Homeric epics, this multidisciplinary work reveals the cultural transformations which need to take place in order to transition from todays modern extractive agricultural system to a sustainable natural?systems agriculture. \n\nIn order to provide an imaginative foundation on which to build such a cultural transformation, the author draws on the oldest and most pervasive pair of literary works in the Western canon: the Iliad and the Odyssey. He uses themes from those foundational literary works to critique the concept of state sovereignty and to explain how innovative federalism structures around the world already show momentum building toward changes in global environmental governance. The book proposes a dram.