Freya Mathews

The Ecological Self

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compelling and fascinating account of how we must change our thinking about the environment, The Ecological Self is a classic of ecological and environmental thinking. This Routledge Classics edition includes a substantial new introduction by the author.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780367705190
• ISBN-10: 0367705192
• Artikelnr.: 69983012

Autorenporträt

Freya Mathews is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Philosophy at Latrobe University, Australia. Her books include The Ecological Self (1991), Ecology and Democracy (editor, 1996), For Love of Matter: a Contemporary Panpsychism (2003), Journey to the Source of the Merri (2003), Reinhabiting Reality: towards a Recovery of Culture (2005), and Ardea: a philosophical novella (2015). In addition to her research activities she manages a private biodiversity reserve in northern Victoria. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition 1. Atomism and its
Ideological Implications 2. Geometrodynamics: A Monistic Metaphysic 3.
System and Substance: Alternative Principles of Individuation 4. Value in
Nature and Meaning in Life. Notes Bibliography Index

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Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition 1. Atomism and its Ideological Implications 2. Geometrodynamics: A Monistic Metaphysic 3. System and Substance: Alternative Principles of Individuation 4. Value in Nature and Meaning in Life. Notes Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'Freya writes beautifully ... [She] illuminates the relation physics and metaphysics, and between knowledge and faith ... if one wanted a clear articulation of some aspects of Spinoza's notion of substance and Einstein's cosmology, here they are.' - Habitat

'This is the book for which serious students of "deep" ecology have been waiting ...her treatment is outstandingly lucid, highly original and tightly argued.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'It should be read by everyone interested in environmental ethics and will be of interest to many others.' - Australasian Journal of Philosophy

'Freya writes beautifully ... [She] illuminates the relation physics and metaphysics, and between knowledge and faith ... if one wanted a clear articulation of some aspects of Spinoza's notion of substance and Einstein's cosmology, here they are.' - Habitat

'This is the book for which serious students of "deep" ecology have been waiting ...her treatment is outstandingly lucid, highly original and tightly argued.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'It should be read by everyone interested in environmental ethics and will be of interest to many others.' - Australasian Journal of Philosophy