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Earthy realism : the meaning of Gaia / edited Mary Midgley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm)) ; v. 30.
- Societas ; v. 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Philosophy.
- Biology.
- Gaia hypothesis.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Religion and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter, UK ; Charlottesville. VA : Imprint Academic, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- GAIA, named after the ancient Greek mother-goddess, is the notion that the Earth and the life on it form an active, self-maintaining whole. By its use of personification it attacks the view that the physical world is inert and lifeless. It has a scientific side, as shown by the new university departments of earth science which bring biology and geology together to study the continuity of the cycle. It also has a visionary or spiritual aspect. What the contributors to this book believe is nee...
- Contents:
- Patricia Spallone: The Gaia Effect - Making the LinksAnne Primavesi: Can Gaia Forgive Us?; John Mead: The Human Psyche & the Imminence of Climate Catastrophe; David Midgley: Climate Change and Spiritual Transformation; Susan Canney: Reconnecting a Divided World - Links Between the Global and the Local; Maggie Gee: Imagining Gaia - Art Living Lightly With Science; Elaine Brook: Gaia and the Sacred Feminine; Back matter; Other titles by Imprint Academic and Andrews UK
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-68978-2
- 1-84540-385-1
- OCLC:
- 809768320
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