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The Ecological Thought
Timothy Morton
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Description for The Ecological Thought
Paperback. Argues that various forms of life are connected in a vast, entangling mesh and this interconnectedness penetrates different dimensions of life. This title investigates the profound philosophical, political, and aesthetic implications of the fact that these life forms are interconnected. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
In this passionate, lucid, and surprising book, Timothy Morton argues that all forms of life are connected in a vast, entangling mesh. This interconnectedness penetrates all dimensions of life. No being, construct, or object can exist independently from the ecological entanglement, Morton contends, nor does “Nature” exist as an entity separate from the uglier or more synthetic elements of life. Realizing this interconnectedness is what Morton calls the ecological thought.
In three concise chapters, Morton investigates the profound philosophical, political, and aesthetic implications of the fact that all life forms are interconnected. As a work of environmental philosophy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674064225
SKU
V9780674064225
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99-25
About Timothy Morton
Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair of English at Rice University.
Reviews for The Ecological Thought
Morton writes from inside the ecological thought, not as its cheerleader or architect but as a latter-day Romantic. The great strength of this book is its genre inventiveness, and its main contribution is its performance of a thinking keyed to our time and place, a thinking with clear and immediate ethical implications. The Ecological Thought is crucial right ... Read more