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Animists are people who recognize that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human, and that life is always loved in relationship with others. Animism is lived out in various ways that are all about

Animists are people who recognize that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human, and that life is always loved in relationship with others. Animism is lived out in various ways that are all about learning to act respectfully (carefully and constructively) toward and among other persons.

Graham Harvey
People, World, Way

Animists are people who recognize that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.

Graham Harvey
People, World, Animism

Animism is far from primitive, nor is it about pre-modernity because animism does not serve as a precursor to modernity. Rather animism is one of the many vitally present and contemporary other-than-modern ways of being human.

Graham Harvey
Doe, Way, Being Human
Graham Harvey (2005). “Animism”, p.21, Columbia University Press

Animism is worth considering (a) because it exists, (b) because it addresses contemporary issues and debates, and (c) because it clarifies, in various ways, the argument that the project of modernity is ill-conceived and dangerously performed.

Graham Harvey
Issues, Addresses, Way
Graham Harvey (2013). “Animism: Respecting the Living World”, p.12, Columbia University Press

Increasing numbers of Pagans are identifying themselves as animists or naming their worldview as animism. Some Pagans use the term animism to refer to one strand within their Paganism, while others identify it as the most appropriate label for everything they do.

Graham Harvey
Numbers, Labels, Use

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