For Love of Matter - A Contemporary Panpsychism (Hardcover, New)

A bold and original work in ecocosmology and metaphysics. In For Love of Matter Freya Mathews challenges basic assumptions of Western science, modern philosophy, and environmental philosophy, arguing that the environmental crisis is a symptom of a larger, metaphysical crisis. Western science rests on the premise that the world is an inert backdrop to human presence rather than a communicative presence in its own right, one capable of dialogical congress with us. Mathews explores the transformative effects of a substitution of the latter, panpsychist premise for the former, materialist one. She suggests that to exist in a dialogical modality is to enter an expanded realm of eros in which the self and world are mutually kindled into a larger, more incandescent state of realization. She argues that any adequate philosophical response to the so-called "environmental crisis" cannot be encompassed within the minor discipline of environmental philosophy but must instead address the full range of existential questions.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	September 2003
Authors:	Freya Mathews
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	223
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-5807-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-7914-5807-5
Barcode:	9780791458075

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