Poetics Of The Earth: Natural History And Human History

by Augustin Berque

2020-12-31 21:28:26

Poetics of the Earthis a work of environmental philosophy, based on a synthesis of eastern and western thought on natural and human history. It draws on recent biological research to show how the processes of evolution and history both function accor... Read more

Poetics of the Earthis a work of environmental philosophy, based on a synthesis of eastern and western thought on natural and human history. It draws on recent biological research to show how the processes of evolution and history both function according to the same principles.

Augustin Berque rejects the separation of nature and culture which he believes lies at the root of the environmental crisis. This book proposes a three stage process of "re-worlding" (moving away from the individualized self to become a part of the common world), "re-concretizing" (understanding the meaning and historical development of words and things) and "re-engaging" (reconsidering the relationship between history and subjectivity at every level of being) in order to bring western thought on nature and culture into sustainable harmony and alignment.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental studies, environmental philosophy, Asian studies and the natural sciences.

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Book Details

File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0 in
Print pages226
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date May 8, 2019
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780367200534
Augustin Berque is Professor at the EHESS, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, University of Paris, France...

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