Whole Earth Thinking and Planetary Coexistence: Ecological by Sam Mickey
By Sam Mickey
Like by no means prior to in historical past, people have gotten more and more interconnected with each other and with the opposite population and habitats of Earth. there are many indicators of planetary interrelations, from social media and foreign exchange to genetic engineering and worldwide weather swap. The clinical learn of interrelations among organisms and environments, Ecology, is uniquely able to addressing the advanced demanding situations that represent our period of planetary coexistence.
Whole Earth pondering and Planetary Coexistence specializes in newly rising methods to ecology that pass the disciplinary barriers of sciences and arts with the purpose of responding to the demanding situations dealing with the present period of planetary interconnectedness. It introduces ideas that draw out an inventive distinction among spiritual and secular ways to the mixing of sciences and arts, with spiritual methods represented by way of the "geologian" Thomas Berry and the total Earth contemplating Stephanie Kaza and Gary Snyder, and the extra secular ways represented through the "geophilosophy" of poststructuralist theorists Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
This ebook will introduce thoughts enticing with the ecological demanding situations of planetary coexistence to scholars and execs in fields of environmental experiences, philosophy and spiritual experiences.
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