eBooks - Philosophy - Philosophy - Freya Matthews - The Ecological Self
The Ecological Self eBooks
by Freya Matthews
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The Ecological Self Summary
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The environmental philosophy that has grown out of the ecological movement has often been accused of providing no rational arguments for the holistic concepts it embraces. This is the first book-length treatment of the metaphysical foundations of ecological ethics. The author seeks to provide a metaphysical illumination of the fundamental ecological intuitions that we are in some sense `one with' Nature and that everything is is connected with everything else. The Ecological Self considers and rejects the dominant atomistic metaphysics implicit in Newtonian physics. By drawing on Einsteinian cosmology, modern systems theory and the philosophy of Spinoza, Freya Mathews is able to elaborate a new metaphysics of `interconnectedness'. The normative implications of this new metaphysics for our conceptions of Nature and the self are fully realised in this provocative study. The book will be of particular interest to all those who study environmental philosophy, as well as those keen to know how such traditional disciplines as physics and metaphysics can throw light on the areas of the ecological movement. |
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| An examination of the metaphysical foundation of ecological ethics. The author offers an inspiring vision of the spiritual implications of ecology, which leads to a deepening of our conception of conservation. |
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