{"title":"Martin Shaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Shaw’s work navigates complex themes at the intersection of \u003cem\u003epolitics, religion,\u003c\/em\u003e and human experience. With titles such as \u003cem\u003eWhat is Genocide?\u003c\/em\u003e, his writing challenges readers to engage thoughtfully with critical issues of morality, power, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect deeply thoughtful explorations that blend rigorous analysis with a reflective tone, ranging from spiritual inquiry to contemporary political thought. Shaw’s books offer a compelling lens on the forces shaping our world and the stories that define humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bardskull-by-martin-shaw-9781789651560","title":"Bardskull","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBardskull\u003c\/i\u003e is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fifty. It is unlike anything he has written before. This is not a book about myth or narrative; rather, it is a sequence of incantations, a series of battles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the three journeys sees Shaw walk alone into a Dartmoor forest and wait. What arrive are stories—fragments of myth that he has carried within him for decades: the deep history of Dartmoor itself; the lives of distant family members; Arthurian legend; and tales from India, Persia, Lapland, the Caucasus, and Siberia. But these stories and their tellers don't arrive as the bearers of solace or easy wisdom. As with all quests, Shaw is entering a domain of traps and tests. \u003ci\u003eBardskull\u003c\/i\u003e can be read as a fable, as memoir, as auto-fiction, or as an attempt to undomesticate myth. It is a magnificent, unclassifiable work of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Martin Shaw's work is so very beautiful. A new animal. His love of images is deep and contagious. In the passion of his search, he makes up new words that seem as though we've always known them. His language is tasty and surprising. This elegant combination of very fresh, free verse storytelling, and a deep untangling of myth feels so alive. What will it do next?' - Coleman Barks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Rumi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Martin Shaw is a teacher of profound cultural knowledge, and is a master artist at transmitting it. Those transmissions are subtle and profound. We desperately need his work.' - Tony Hoagland, author of \u003ci\u003eApplication For Release From The Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. 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You remain adolescent at just the moment a culture worth its salt requires you to become a real, grown, human being.\n\nIn Liturgies of the Wild, acclaimed mythographer, storyteller and Christian thinker Martin Shaw argues that we live in a myth-impoverished age and that such poverty has left us vulnerable to stories that may not wish us well. Drawing on the 'ancient technologies' of myths and initiatory rites, Shaw provides a road to wholeness, maturity and connection. He teaches us to read a myth the way it wants to be read; provides vivid retellings of tales powerful enough to carry you through life's travails; and shows you how to gather and reshape your own thrown-away stories. Most vividly, he shares how these ancient technologies led him - unexpectedly - to Christ, 'the True Myth,' by way of a thirty-year journey and a 101-night vigil in a Dartmoor forest.\n\nCombining scholarly erudition with nimble storytelling in the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. 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In a thorough account of the idea’s history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffering a radical critique of the existing literature on genocide, he argues that what distinguishes genocide from more legitimate warfare is that the ‘enemies’ targeted are groups and individuals of a civilian character. 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