David W. Kidner's Nature and Psyche: Radical Environmentalism and the Politics of Subjectivity
The metaphor of resonance is a fundamentally integrative notion, since resonances occur between things, expressing relation rather than independence, interaction rather than autonomy, and dynamism rather than stagnation, as in Michael Taussig’s (The Devil and Commodity Fetishism, 167-168) depiction of Aymara culture:
The enchantment of nature and the alliance of its spirits with mankind form an organic resonance of orchestrated social representation. The organization of kith and kin, political organization, use of ecosphere, healing, the rhythm of production and reproduction—all echo each other within one living structure that is the language of the magical landscape. (305)
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