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The Woods (Paperback)
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The Woods (Paperback)
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In our modern, urbanized societies, our engagement with the natural
world often seems distant and superficial. Human life is now far
removed from its prehistoric origins, when humans dwelt deep within
the forests and depended on them for their survival. In this
important book, Vladimir Bibikhin, one of Russia's most influential
twentieth-century philosophers, argues that, although most humans
now live far from woods and forests, our existence remains
profoundly linked to them. It was Aristotle who first appreciated
their primal role, even deriving his notion of 'matter'w from the
Greek words for wood and forest. As timber, the woods may be seen
as inanimate material, but at the same time they also constitute a
living ecosystem and the source of energy and life. By opening up
this duality, the woods are transformed from simple matter to a
living environment, serving as a reminder that we belong to the
world of biological life to a far greater extent than we usually
think. The Woods will be of interest to students and scholars in
philosophy and the humanities generally and to anyone concerned
with the environment and our relationship to the natural world.
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