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En av de stora barnboksklassikerna i ny utgåva I den engelska staden Medelby uppmanar Major Rytter sina två döttrar att uppföra sig medan han är borta i krig. Det är en önskan som systrarna Dinah och Dorinda omöjligt kan följa. Varje gång de tycker att de uppför sig kommer nämligen en vuxen och säger åt dem att de är olydiga. Snart har de busiga systrarna övertygat en domare om att domslut ska ändras lika ofta som man byter strumpor, de har iscensatt en rymning från den lokala djurparken, och de har gett sig av - tillsammans med en guldpuma och en silverfalk - för att rädda sin pappa från tyrannen i Bombardiet. Det blåser på månen är en av de stora barnboksklassikerna. Ett storslaget äventyr som engagerat och älskats av generationer. ERIC LINKLATER [1899-1974] var en skotsk författare. Hans mest kända bok är Det blåser på månen från 1944, som tilldelades en Carnegie-medalj i kategorin »Årets bästa barnbok« när den kom ut och som över ett halvt sekel senare fortsätter att vara en av de mest populära engelskspråkiga barnböckerna.

A clarion call to save humanity’s most essential fellow creatures – and our healthFar beneath our skin exists an unfathomable, ancient universe – an internal ecosystem that is critical to our health. Dr Martin Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human ‘microbiome’, unfurling its inner workings and evolution. For thousands of years, bacteria and human cells have co-existed in a relationship that has ensured the health and equilibrium of our body. But now, much like the natural world outside of us, our internal environment is being irrevocably destroyed. The culprit: some of our most revered medical advances – antibiotics – which appear to be linked to the epidemics of asthma, eczema, obesity, certain forms of cancer, and other diseases plaguing modern society.In a book that stands as the Silent Spring of its day, Blaser sounds a provocative alarm that we ignore at our peril.

Karolina Nilsson jobbar som livsstilscoach inom personlig utveckling och själslig självläkning både genom personlig coachning, föreläsningar, kurser och workshops.

**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Infectious Disease**Offering more in-depth coverage of epidemiology, etiology, pathology, microbiology, immunology, and treatment of infectious agents than any other infectious disease resource, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 10th Edition, remains your #1 choice for authoritative, comprehensive information in this challenging field. Meticulously updated by a new editorial team led by Drs. Martin J. Blaser, Jeffrey I. Cohen, and Steven M. Holland, this two-volume masterwork brings together the knowledge and expertise of more than 650 contributing authors who are outstanding scholars and experts in their fields. For ID specialists and general practitioners alike, PPID provides a balanced, detailed perspective for any patient you encounter with a complex or difficult-to-treat infectious disease. Encyclopedic in its depth, contents, and referencing, PPID-10 is the one infectious disease book that needs to be on every practitioner’s shelf and in every medical library.Organizes content both by individual pathogens and by important clinical syndromes, broadening the context to clearly present relevant, complex clinical information.Contains multiple new chapters on both SARS-CoV-2 and anti-fungal therapy, as well as new chapters on bacteriophages and related agents, infections following traumatic injuries, communication to the public about infectious diseases, and the effects of climate change on infectious diseases.Provides up-to-date coverage of recent advances in the field: an increasing understanding of the agents, immune responses, and the growing armamentarium of diagnostics (such as nucleic acid amplification and next-generation sequencing); new treatments (such as monoclonal antibodies, new antifungals, antivirals, and phage therapy); and emerging preventive measures (such as new vaccines being developed for RSV), and our relationship with the human microbiome.Features more than 1,500 high-quality, full-color photographs?with many new to this edition.Shares the extensive experience of new editors Drs. Jeffrey I. Cohen and Steven M. Holland, both from Bethesda, MD, as well as a new team of expert associate editors Drs. Yohei Doi, Wendy S. Garrett, Ann R. Falsey, Eleanor Wilson, Kieren Marr, and Edward Mitre-each a leading authority in their field.Includes perspectives from hundreds of leading experts from a truly global community, including authors from Australia, Canada, and countries in Europe, Asia, and South America.Includes regular updates online for the life of the edition.An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

"När det blåser på månen måste man tänka mycket noga på hur man uppför sig. För om det är en ond vind och man uppför sig illa, blåser den rakt in i hjärtat, och sedan uppför man sig illa en lång tid framåt." Så förmanade major Rytter sina döttrar Dina och Dorinda innan han gav sig av på sin långa och farliga resa till Bombardiet. Och Dina och Dorinda försökte nog vara snälla, men eftersom vuxna inte alltid kan skilja på hjälpsamhet och ofog och eftersom det blåste på månen började en mängd underliga saker genast hända.

Gunvor har alltid ställt upp för sin mamma, som håller hårt i flaskan och inte bryr sig om så mycket annat. Men när en stor livslögn avslöjas får hon nog. Anita känner hur livet krymper på ön där alla känner alla. Hon gör revolt mot de strikta reglerna i pingstförsamlingen och ger sig ut på okänt hav. Bengt tröttnar på föräldrarnas tillrättalagda medelklassliv och söker gemenskap och mening i en revolutionär kommunistgrupp. Det är tidigt 1970-tal i Göteborg och Gud är så död som han kan bli. Röster ekar mellan huskropparna på Södra Allégatan, hemmafixade skyltar förstärker demonstranternas budskap, unga och gamla tillsammans – för en bättre värld. Där i vimlet skjuter en röd fana ut från ett fönster: ”Hopp för alla”. Men finns det verkligen hopp? Något rör på sig. En stilla fläkt av frisk luft i den fallfärdiga bostaden där den sötaktiga röken ligger tung. En krusning på den perfekta ytan i radhuslängan. En storm som krossar alla förhoppningar i drömmarnas stad. Plötsligt är JESUS på tapeten igen och livet vänds upp och ner för huvudpersonerna – när vinden blåser vart den vill. * * * Vinden blåser vart den vill är en roman, inspirerad av verkliga händelser, som utspelar sig på 1970-talet, när Jesusväckelsen svepte över världen. OM FÖRFATTAREN Rebecka Fredriksson (f 1981) började som journalist, men gick sedan över till skönlitteratur. Hon har tidigare skrivit om frikyrkans start i Sverige genom romanerna Landsförvisade och Benådade. Rebecka är gift och har tre barn.

Boken Meditationens ord innehåller sextio dikter inklusive tre sånger, nedskrivna strax före meditationer och kontemplationer för olika gruppsammanhang. Orden bär hälsningar och budskap från vårt kosmiska energifält, från den andevärld som blir alltmer synlig i vår jordiska verklighet. Vår tid av snabba förändringar är omtumlande för många av oss. Vi behöver finna balans och ny kraft. Att lyssna till musik, klappa katten, vara ute i naturen, rörelse och dans kan ge oss ny energi. Vi kan också bara vara i vår egen stilla stund, i grupp eller enskilt. Släppa taget om allt som rör sig i tankarna, lyssna inåt och hitta oss själva i denna världens brus. Meditationens budskap ger vårt öppna hjärta den inre vägledningen. Orden talar till oss om vår eviga gudomlighet, om kärlekens väg framåt, om förlåtelse och försoning, om vår skaparkraft, och att tiden är inne att se vårt eget ljus, återfinna och älska oss själva för att kunna leva i sanning och enhet med allt som är. Meditationens ord vill hjälpa oss att finna den inre kraft som var och en av oss har, kärlek, glädje och hopp om att vi tillsammans kan skapa en ny fredlig värld och bättre livsvillkor för alla. IngaLill Wener föddes 1942, debuterade som redaktör 1988 med antologin Planera, Handla, Utveckla. Hon har sedan medverkat som författare och redaktör i en mångfald av böcker och skrifter om barn, barns fritid och uppväxtvillkor, om samverkan för utveckling i skola och barnomsorg samt med böckerna Ledarskap för mångfald (Studentlitteratur 2001)och I Barnkonventionens anda (Förlagshuset Gothia, 2002). Yrkestitlarna har varit många; ungdomsinstruktör, parkleksföreståndare, fritidspedagog, universitetsadjunkt, byrådirektör och nordisk utbildningsledare. Sång- och diktskrivandet har varit ett intresse under i stort sett hela vuxenlivet, många kollegor har uppvaktats med sånger, såväl de fem barnen som den växande skaran barn, barnbarn och barnbarnsbarn. Efter yrkeslivet har IngaLill Wener varit ideellt verksam som mötes- och konferensarrangör, meditations- och samtalsledare.

Vad kan ha hänt tolvåriga Sandra? I småstaden Härnösand, där alla känner varandra, är det ju tryggt att bo. Vem kunde tro att ett barn kan försvinna medan hon säljer kakor för att tjäna pengar till en klassresa? Men Sandra är inte försvunnen, hon är död. Och när hon hittas börjar fasaden spricka. Det visar sig att allt inte är som det verkar bakom radhusens staket. Många av de till synes vanliga invånarna har hemligheter som de vill ska förbli dolda. Är det en slump att just Sandra mördades, eller finns det ett skäl till att hon blev ett offer? Där ingen vind blåser är en psykologisk kriminalroman, där mordfallet samsas med frågor kring det förflutnas roll i nutiden och den gåtfulla moderskärleken. Med Annika Sjögrens debutroman tar mellersta Norrland och staden Härnösand steget in i kriminallitteraturen.

Jan L Ohlsson – mannen med tre föräldrar, tre bröstvårtor och mycket bestämda vanor – arbetar fortfarande på Galleriet, men är tillfälligt distraherad av sin nyuppkomna kärlek till Carrie. Jan vet inte hur han ska hantera alla ovana känslor och ber sina föräldrar om hjälp, Mamma Rosa, Mamma Elna och fadern, den musikintresserade hippien Paul. Mamma Elna, som är engagerad i allt nyandligt, ger Jan ett par böcker att plöja igenom inför kärleksdebuten – bland annat en om Kama Sutra – vilket får oanade följder. Rosa jobbar kvar som städerska på Hotellet, där hon blir vän med den försynta och betydligt yngre kollegan Tina. Tillsammans inreder de en hemlig lokal att koppla av i, och fyller den med uttjänta möbler, godis och champagneslattar från rummen de städar. Av Tina får Rosa lära sig allt om Tinder och börjar dejta hej vilt. Men en dag när hon kommer ner till lokalen har den blivit förvandlad till rena bordellen med sexleksaker, handklovar och porrfilmer. Hon börjar spana efter misstänkta och det dröjer inte längre förrän allt spårar ur. "Katastrofen med Kama Sutra - eller hur man blåser en bedragare" är den fristående uppföljaren till "Doften av falska påvar och nybakade wienerbröd". En färgstark, dråplig serie med extra allt. Sagt om boken: ”Älskar man feelgood så vill jag nästan garantera att man älskar det här. ” Peter Westberg (author_westberg) ”Läs den här om du vill ha en avkopplande och rolig stund.” Annas fotnoter ”Jag kan bara hylla denna galenskap till bok för den är så sjukt rolig och man kan inte slutna lyssna för karaktärerna är fullkomligt lysande.” Agnetha Lundebring Jönsson (angelundebring)

After a trip to Japan in 1953, Werner Blaser published his landmark book on classical Japanese architecture. His studies of 17th- and 18th-century wooden buildings document minimalist, grid-based structures using stark black-and-white photographs, some color photographs and numerous line drawings. His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed significantly to introducing Japanese aesthetics to Western architecture, art and graphics. Mies van der Rohe, for example, gave it to many of his friends. The reprint is enriched by a text on the history of the book by Christian Blaser, Werner Blaser's son, a contribution by Inge Andritz on Mies van der Rohe and Japanese architecture, and a personal afterword by Tadao Ando.

After three meetings in Poitiers, France, the 4th International Symposium on Heterogeneous Catalysis and Fine Chemicals was held under the auspices of the New Swiss Chemical Society in Basel, Switzerland. Fundamental as well as applied contributions on the use of heterogeneous catalysis for the preparation of fine chemicals were presented and discussed.The program consisted of 4 plenary lectures, 28 oral contributions and around 90 posters covering a broad range of reactions and catalytic aspects. 82 of these contributions are collected in the present proceedings, grouped into the following 8 topical areas:- Industrial and engineering problems (7 contributions)- Alkylation and acylation reactions (11 contributions)- Enantio- and diastereoselective hydrogenation reactions (9 contributions)- Chemoselective hydrogenation reactions (12 contributions)- Oxidation reactions (14 contributions)- Immobilized and encapsulated complex catalysts (12 contributions)- Zeolite and clay catalysts (12 contributions)- Miscellaneous topics (5 contributions)

After thirty five years, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition is still the reference of choice for comprehensive, global guidance on diagnosing and treating the most challenging infectious diseases. Drs. John E. Bennett and Raphael Dolin along with new editorial team member Dr. Martin Blaser have meticulously updated this latest edition to save you time and to ensure you have the latest clinical and scientific knowledge at your fingertips. With new chapters, expanded and updated coverage, increased worldwide perspectives, and many new contributors, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition helps you identify and treat whatever infectious disease you see.

Get the answers to any questions you have with more in-depth coverage of epidemiology, etiology, pathology, microbiology, immunology, and treatment of infectious agents than you’ll find in any other ID resource.

Apply the latest knowledge with updated diagnoses and treatments for currently recognized and newly emerging infectious diseases, such as those caused by avian and swine influenza viruses. Put the latest knowledge to work in your practice with new or completely revised chapters on Influenza (new pandemic strains); New Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Virus; Probiotics; Antibiotics for resistant bacteria; Antifungal drugs; New Antivirals for hepatitis B and C; Clostridium difficile treatment; Sepsis; Advances in HIV prevention and treatment; Viral gastroenteritis; Lyme Disease; Helicobacter pylori; Malaria; Infections in immunocompromised hosts; Immunization (new vaccines and new recommendations); and Microbiome.

Benefit from fresh perspectives and expanded global insights from an expanded team of American and International contributors. Martin Blaser, MD, a leading expert and Muriel G. and George W. Singer Professional of Translational Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, joins veteran PPID editors John E. Bennett, MD, and Raphael Dolin, MD to continue a legacy of excellence.

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Brought to you by the expert editor team from Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, this brand-new handbook provides a digestible summary of the 241 disease-oriented chapters contained within the parent text. Boasting an exceptionally templated design with relevant tables and illustrations, it distills the essential, up-to-date, practical information available in infectious disease. This high-yield manual-style reference will prove useful for a wide variety of practitioners looking for quick, practical, and current infectious disease information.- Provides a digestible summary of the 241 disease-oriented chapters contained within Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition (ISBN: 978-1-4557-4801-3).- Covers hot topics in infectious disease, such as Hepatitis B and C, Influenza, Measles, Papillomavirus, HIV, MERS, and C. difficile.- Templated design includes relevant tables and illustrations.- Ideal for the non-infectious disease specialist, including primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, students, residents, pharmacists, emergency physicians, and urgent care physicians.- Short concise bulleted information- Supported by table and illustrations where necessary- Release annually with up to date content.

Robin Blaser, one of the key North American poets of the postwar period, emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s as a central figure in that burgeoning literary scene. "The Holy Forest", now spanning five decades, is Blaser's highly acclaimed lifelong serial poem. This long-awaited revised and expanded edition includes numerous published volumes of verse, the ongoing "Image-Nation" and "Truth Is Laughter" series, and new work from 1994 to 2004.Blaser's passion for world making draws inspiration from the major poets and philosophers of our time - from friends and peers such as Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Charles Olson, Charles Bernstein, and Steve McCaffery to virtual companions in thought, such as Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, among others. This comprehensive compilation of Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century will stand as the definitive collection of his unique and luminous poetic oeuvre.

Robin Blaser, one of the key North American poets of the postwar period, emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s as a central figure in that burgeoning literary scene. The Holy Forest, now spanning five decades, is Blaser''s highly acclaimed lifelong serial poem. This long-awaited revised and expanded edition includes numerous published volumes of verse, the ongoing "Image-Nation" and "Truth Is Laughter" series, and new work from 1994 to 2004. Blaser''s passion for world making draws inspiration from the major poets and philosophers of our time—from friends and peers such as Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Charles Olson, Charles Bernstein, and Steve McCaffery to virtual companions in thought such as Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, among others. This comprehensive compilation of Blaser''s prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century will stand as the definitive collection of his unique and luminous poetic oeuvre.

Spanning four decades of meditation on the avant-garde in poetry, art, and philosophy, the essays collected in The Fire reveal Robin Blaser''s strikingly fresh perspective on "New American" poets, deconstructive philosophies, current events, and the state of humanities now. The essays, gathered in one volume for the first time, include commentaries on Jack Spicer, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Mary Butts, George Bowering, Louis Dudek, Christos Dikeakos, and J. S. Bach. Blaser emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s having studied under legendary medieval scholar Ernst Kantorowicz and having been a major participant in the burgeoning literary scene. His response to the cultural and political events of his time has been to construct a poetic voice that offers a singular perspective on a shareable world—and to pose that voice alongside others as a source of countermemory and potential agency. Conceived as conversations, these essays brilliantly reflect that ethos as they re-read the cultural events of the past fifty years.

When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate. The contributors to this innovative collection extend the discussion by asking what can Indigenous peoples' experiences with and thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between globalization and autonomy and the meaning of the concepts themselves? Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and backgrounds who seek answers to this question in grounded case studies. Whether the focus is on sea rights among Torres Strait Islanders, James Bay Cree co-governance, the transformation of East Cree spirituality, or the co-optation of linguistics by Mayan activists, each chapter opens a window to view how Iindigenous people are engaging with and challenging globalization and Western views of autonomy.

When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate. The contributors to this innovative collection extend the discussion by asking what can Indigenous peoples' experiences with and thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between globalization and autonomy and the meaning of the concepts themselves? Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and backgrounds who seek answers to this question in grounded case studies. Whether the focus is on sea rights among Torres Strait Islanders, James Bay Cree co-governance, the transformation of East Cree spirituality, or the co-optation of linguistics by Mayan activists, each chapter opens a window to view how Iindigenous people are engaging with and challenging globalization and Western views of autonomy.

The Astonishment Tapes is the edited transcript of revealing autobio­graphical audiotapes recorded by the groundbreaking poet Robin Blaser, a founding member of the Berkeley contingent of the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry.Robin Blaser moved from his native Idaho to attend the University of California, Berkeley, in 1944. While there, he developed as a poet, ex­plored his homosexuality, engaged in a lively arts community, and met fellow travellers and poets Robert Duncan and Jack Spicer. The three men became the founding members of the Berkeley core of what is now known as the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry.In the company of a small group of friends and writers in 1974, Blaser was asked to narrate his personal story and to comment on the Berke­ley poetry scene. In twenty autobiographical audiotapes, Blaser talks about his childhood in Idaho, his time in Berkeley, and his participation in the making of a new kind of poetry. The Astonishment Tapes is the ex­pertly edited transcript of these recordings by Miriam Nichols, Blaser’s editor and biographer.In The Astonishment Tapes Blaser comments extensively on the poetic principles that he, Duncan, and Spicer worked through, as well as the differences and dissonances between the three of them. Nichols has edited the transcripts only minimally, allowing readers to make their own interpretations of Blaser’s intentions.Sometimes gossipy, sometimes profound, Blaser offers his version on the inside story of one of the most significant moments in mid-twenti­eth century American poetry. The Astonishment Tapes is of considerable value and interest, not only to readers of Blaser, Duncan, and Spicer, but also to scholars of the early postmodern and twentieth-century American poetry.

The edited transcript of revealing autobiographical audiotapes recorded by the groundbreaking poet Robin Blaser   Robin Blaser moved from his native Idaho to attend the University of California, Berkeley, in 1944. While there, he developed as a poet, explored his homosexuality, engaged in a lively arts community, and met fellow travelers and poets Robert Duncan and Jack Spicer. The three men became the founding members of the Berkeley core of what is now known as the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry. In the company of a small group of friends and writers in 1974, Blaser was asked to narrate his personal story and to comment on the Berkeley poetry scene. In twenty autobiographical audiotapes, Blaser talks about his childhood in Idaho, his time in Berkeley, and his participation in the making of a new kind of poetry. The Astonishment Tapes is the expertly edited transcript of these recordings by Miriam Nichols, Blaser’s editor and biographer. In The Astonishment Tapes Blaser comments extensively on the poetic principles that he, Duncan, and Spicer worked through, as well as the differences and dissonances between the three of them. Nichols has edited the transcripts only minimally, allowing readers to make their own interpretations of Blaser’s intentions. Sometimes gossipy, sometimes profound, Blaser offers his version on the inside story of one of the most significant moments in mid-twentieth century American poetry. The Astonishment Tapes is of considerable value and interest, not only to readers of Blaser, Duncan, and Spicer, but also to scholars of the early postmodern and twentieth-century American poetry.

For more than fifteen years, Mario Blaser has been involved with the Yshiro people of the Paraguayan Chaco as they have sought to maintain their world in the face of conservation and development programs promoted by the state and various nongovernmental organizations. In this ethnography of the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based “life projects” of the Yshiro, and the agendas of scholars and activists, Blaser argues for an understanding of the political mobilization of the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples as part of a struggle to make the global age hospitable to a “pluriverse” containing multiple worlds or realities. As he explains, most knowledge about the Yshiro produced by non-indigenous “experts” has been based on modern Cartesian dualisms separating subject and object, mind and body, and nature and culture. Such thinking differs profoundly from the relational ontology enacted by the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples. Attentive to people’s unique experiences of place and self, the Yshiro reject universal knowledge claims, unlike Western modernity, which assumes the existence of a universal reality and refuses the existence of other ontologies or realities. In Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond, Blaser engages in storytelling as a knowledge practice grounded in a relational ontology and attuned to the ongoing struggle for a pluriversal globality.

For more than fifteen years, Mario Blaser has been involved with the Yshiro people of the Paraguayan Chaco as they have sought to maintain their world in the face of conservation and development programs promoted by the state and various nongovernmental organizations. In this ethnography of the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based “life projects” of the Yshiro, and the agendas of scholars and activists, Blaser argues for an understanding of the political mobilization of the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples as part of a struggle to make the global age hospitable to a “pluriverse” containing multiple worlds or realities. As he explains, most knowledge about the Yshiro produced by non-indigenous “experts” has been based on modern Cartesian dualisms separating subject and object, mind and body, and nature and culture. Such thinking differs profoundly from the relational ontology enacted by the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples. Attentive to people’s unique experiences of place and self, the Yshiro reject universal knowledge claims, unlike Western modernity, which assumes the existence of a universal reality and refuses the existence of other ontologies or realities. In Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond, Blaser engages in storytelling as a knowledge practice grounded in a relational ontology and attuned to the ongoing struggle for a pluriversal globality.

For more than fifteen years, Mario Blaser has been involved with the Yshiro people of the Paraguayan Chaco as they have sought to maintain their world in the face of conservation and development programs promoted by the state and various nongovernmental organizations. In this ethnography of the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based “life projects” of the Yshiro, and the agendas of scholars and activists, Blaser argues for an understanding of the political mobilization of the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples as part of a struggle to make the global age hospitable to a “pluriverse” containing multiple worlds or realities. As he explains, most knowledge about the Yshiro produced by non-indigenous “experts” has been based on modern Cartesian dualisms separating subject and object, mind and body, and nature and culture. Such thinking differs profoundly from the relational ontology enacted by the Yshiro and other indigenous peoples. Attentive to people’s unique experiences of place and self, the Yshiro reject universal knowledge claims, unlike Western modernity, which assumes the existence of a universal reality and refuses the existence of other ontologies or realities. In Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond, Blaser engages in storytelling as a knowledge practice grounded in a relational ontology and attuned to the ongoing struggle for a pluriversal globality.