Amor mundi and overcoming modern world alienation / Justin Pack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pack, Justin, 1980- author.

Series:

Religion and science as a critical discourse

Religion and science as critical discourse

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

ix, 181 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020]

Summary:

"Love in many premodern cultures extended to and permeated the world or even the cosmos, but love in contemporary consumerist society tends to be sexualized, romanticized, and individualized. As a result, ancient visions of ethical love are difficult for moderns to comprehend, especially those rooted in premodern Western thought, or Native American thinkers that describe a love of the natural world that would help us live more responsibly on the Earth. This volume retrieves the significant narratives of love of the world and the concomitant ethical ramifications of those visions and argues that our age of science and technology has destroyed the ancient, living cosmos of previous visions and replaced it with a mechanical universe. This shift has resulted in various forms of destruction, diminishment, and forgetfulness. Overcoming modern world alienation requires recovering a sense of what it means to love the world and changing our practices to reflect our interconnection with it and our interdependency on it"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Cosmic Love or Loving the Living Cosmos

The Rise of Science, the Death of the Cosmos, and the Decline of Amor Mundi

Arendt and Amor Mundi : What Is World?

Arendt and Amor Mundi : What Does It Mean to Love the World?

Love of the Earth in Native American Philosophy

Overcoming the Modern Juggernaut

Conclusions: Love the World!

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.

ISBN:

1498591345

9781498591348

OCLC:

1114388937

Publisher Number:

90104394744