Mountains, rivers, and the great earth : reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an age of ecological crisis / Jason M. Wirth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wirth, Jason M., 1963- author.

Series:

SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snyder, Gary, 1930---Criticism and interpretation.

Snyder, Gary.

Dōgen, 1200-1253--Criticism and interpretation.

Dōgen.

Dōgen, 1200-1253.

Snyder, Gary, 1930-.

Ecocriticism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 147 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

Summary:

Meditating on the work of American poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder and thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dogen, Jason M. Wirth draws out insights for understanding our relation to the planet's ongoing ecological crisis. He discusses what Dogen calls "the Great Earth" and what Snyder calls "the Wild" as being comprised of the play of waters and mountains, emptiness and form, and then considers how these ideas can illuminate the spiritual and ethical dimensions of place. The book culminates in a discussion of earth democracy, a place-based sense of communion where all beings are interconnected and all beings matter. This radical rethinking of what it means to inhabit the earth will inspire lovers of Snyder's poetry, Zen practitioners, environmental philosophers, and anyone concerned about the global ecological crisis. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Great Earth

1 Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth 3

2 Geology (Poetic Word) 25

Part II Turtle Island

3 Place (Land and Sea, Earth and Sky) 57

4 Bears (The Many Palaces of the Earth) 71

Part III Earth Democracy

5 The Great Potlatch 87

6 Seeds of Earth Democracy 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wirth, Jason M., 1963- Mountains, rivers, and the great earth.

ISBN:

9781438465432

1438465432

OCLC:

961923743