Herbs and the Evolution of Human Societies

Edited By: Yue Yue, Molly Chatalic

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This volume analyses the evolving dialogue between humankind and nature. Spanning Africa, America, Asia, and Europe, it provides a meeting ground between plants and humanity in different dimensions.

The contributions gathered together in this volume analyse the link that humankind establishes with nature, examining the way in which a dialogue has been initiated…

The contributions gathered together in this volume analyse the link that humankind establishes with nature, examining the way in which a dialogue has been initiated between these two worlds and how it has evolved. From a geographical point of view, the text takes the reader to Africa, America, Asia and Europe via Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Somalia, Switzerland, Tibet, Tunisia, Ukraine, and the United States, providing a meeting ground between plants and humanity in different dimensions.

Yue Yue earned a BA from Paris-Sorbonne IV University and a Master’s degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and holds a PhD in History and Civilizations from the National Institute of Oriental Languages in Paris. She received the Aguirre-Basualdo Award for a research project in Arts and Humanities from the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris Sorbonne. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Brittany, France, and a member of the “Héritages et Constructions dans le Texte et l’Image” research group.

Molly Chatalic is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Brittany, France, and a member of the “Héritages et Constructions dans le Texte et l’Image research group”. Her field of research is related to aspects of American cultural studies (feminism, minority groups, counterculture, and religions) and Tibet (language, culture, literature, and religion). She is the author of Le Bouddhisme américain (2011).

Nelly Blanchard, Fabrice Lecorguille, Isabelle Coquillard, Laurent Gall, Renata Palandri, Florence Charles, Ullrich Kleinhempel, Igor Klimov, Feng-Yung Hu, Li Dian, Shan He, Madeleine Savart, Françoise Fischer, Céline Lesourd, Ayari Hamza, Soubeika Bahri, Yue Yue, Molly Chatalic