@article{BAKHTADZE_2018, title={Global Challenges of Earth Protection and Philosophic Foundation of Cherokee Indian Religion: the 19th Century American Transcendentalism and Georgian “Gialove” in Poetry}, volume={6}, url={https://jh.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/SJH/article/view/354}, DOI={10.31578/hum.v6i2.354}, abstractNote={<p>Environmental issues now present a greater challenge for the global society than ever<br />and demand better cooperation among nations around the world to save the planet and<br />humans from inevitable disaster which may be caused by environmental degradation.<br />Air and water pollution, depletion of soil, loss of biodiversity, extinction of many species<br />are the result of inhuman and irrational attitudes towards the earth and the gifts of nature.<br />Civilization means more people demanding higher standards of living which has<br />direct disastrous impacts on world ecosystems because it stimulates exploitation of<br />renewable resources, such as fresh water, forests, and fertile topsoil.<br />This article ecological problems caused by the brutal consumption of natural resources<br />and the attempt of international community to protect the earth; also it argues that many<br />ancient civilizations, and among them aboriginal Cherokee people, worshiped universal<br />spirit of nature and tried to maintain balance with nature. Based on the analysis of<br />famous essay Nature by the 19th century American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo<br />Emerson and the short stories by Georgian poet and writer Vazha Pshavela, the article<br />reveals the authors’ philosophy of nature interpreted as a Universal being.<br />The central idea of the paper is that the most important for mankind is to restore “wholeness”<br />with nature and save it from the flaws and distractions imposed by “civilized society”<br />in the post-industrial era. “Gialove” - is an Earth-affection philosophy, which was<br />brilliantly demonstrated in Vazha’s poetry and stories.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal in Humanities}, author={BAKHTADZE, Irina}, year={2018}, month={Feb.}, pages={7–11} }