The Ecological Self (Routledge Classics) by Mathews, Freya - 2021-05-16

Routledge, 2021-05-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

Routledge, May 2021. Trade Paperback. New.

Routledge, 2021. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 213 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches.

New. Environmental disasters, from wildfires and vanishing species to flooding and drought, have increased dramatically in recent years and debates about the environment are rarely far from the headlines. There is growing awareness that these disasters are connected - indeed, that in the fabric of nature everything is interconnected. However, until the publication of Freya Mathews' The Ecological Self, there had been remarkably few attempts to provide a conceptual foundation for such interconnectedness that brought together philosophy and science. In this acclaimed book, Mathews skilfully weaves together a thought-provoking metaphysics of the environment. She connects the ideas of the seventeenth century philosopher Spinoza with twentieth-century systems theory and Einstein's physics to argue that the atomistic cosmology inherited from Newton gave credence to a picture of the universe as fragmented, rather than as whole. Furthermore, it is such faulty thinking that presents human beings… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A compelling and fascinating account of how we must change our thinking about the environment, The Ecological Self is a classic of ecological and environmental thinking. This Routledge Classics edition includes a substantial new introdu

Paperback / softback. New.

Routledge, 2021-05-17. Paperback. Used: Good.

Routledge, 2021. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 213 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.