Green Mass is a meditation on—and with—twelfth-century
Christian mystic and polymath Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Attending
to Hildegard's vegetal vision, which greens theological tradition
and imbues plant life with spirit, philosopher Michael Marder
uncovers a verdant mode of thinking. The book stages a fresh
encounter between present-day and premodern concerns, ecology and
theology, philosophy and mysticism, the material and the spiritual,
in word and sound. Hildegard's lush notion of viriditas, the
vegetal power of creation, is emblematic of her deeply entwined
understanding of physical reality and spiritual elevation. From
blossoming flora to burning desert, Marder plays with the symphonic
multiplicity of meanings in her thought, listening to the
resonances between the ardency of holy fire and the aridity of a
world aflame. Across Hildegard's cosmos, we hear the anarchic
proliferation of her ecological theology, in which both God and
greening are circular, without beginning or end. Introduced with a
foreword by philosopher Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback and
accompanied by cellist Peter Schuback's musical movements, which
echo both Hildegard's own compositions and key themes in each
chapter of the book, this multifaceted work creates a resonance
chamber, in which to discover the living world anew. The original
compositions accompanying each chapter are available free for
streaming and for download at www.sup.org/greenmass
General
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2021 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Michael Marder
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| Dimensions: |
217 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
184 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5036-2926-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5036-2926-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781503629264 |
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