The recently published book Exploring Connections, Hierarchies and Transformations in More-than-human Worlds take as a starting point recent events and phenomena which make it more clear to us than ever that we are living on a planet with rapidly changing living conditions. The balance that made possible the flourishing of life as we know it is shifting. The immense living web full of wonderful creatures who inhabit the Earth and contribute to its richness and support this balance is suffering. The Anthropocene created issues, problems and challenges for humanity and our fellow more-than-human earthlings who share this planet. We are keenly aware that we are agents of change, at times reshaping our world beyond recognition, bringing about pollution, intoxicated atmosphere, and global warming. But unfortunately, rationally acknowledging our impact is not sufficient to bring about change. We need to reach deeper, to go beyond our favored human-centered way of seeing the world and truly meet the other beings in this extensive network of life and interconnections.

The book is coordinated by Irina Frasin, George Bodi and Cătălina Daniela Răducu, and encourages us to explore the tremendous complexity of other ways of life and existence and to rethink relationality, wellbeing and resilience. Discovering our joint vulnerabilities, we are shifting our narratives from superiority to diversity. When we look beyond our anthropocentric ideologies, we may find that we underestimated our fellow earth dwellers to our detriment, missing the chance to understand how amazing nature truly is and to discover our rightful place in it.

Access the e-book here.