Is a river alive?
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-2026
Book
At the heart of 'Is a River Alive?' is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings, who should be recognised as such in both imagination and law. Macfarlane takes the reader on a mind-expanding global journey into the history, futures, people and places of the ancient, urgent concept. Around the world, rivers are dying from pollution, drought and damming. But a powerful movement is also underway to recognize the lives and the rights of rivers, and to re-animate our relationships with these vast, mysterious presences whose landscapes we share. The young 'rights of nature' movement has lit up activists, artists, law-makers and politicians across six continents - and become the focus for revolutionary thinking about rivers in particular.
Main title:
Is a river alive? / Robert Macfarlane.
Author:
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2026.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2025.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241998212 (pbk)
Dewey class:
577.6401577.64
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1862017