Daoism and Environmental Philosophy: Nourishing Life (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies)

By: Eric S. Nelson

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Synopsis: Daoism and Environmental Philosophy explores ethics and the philosophy of nature in the Daodejing, the Zhuangzi, and related texts to elucidate their potential significance in our contemporary environmental crisis. This book traces early Daoist depictions of practices of embodied emptying and forgetting and communicative strategies of undoing the fixations of words, things, and the embodied self. These are aspects of an ethics of embracing plainness and simplicity, nourishing the asymmetrically differentiated yet shared elemental body of life of the myriad things, and being responsively attuned in encountering and responding to things. These critical and transformative dimensions of early Daoism provide exemplary models and insights for cultivating a more expansive ecological ethos, environmental culture of nature, and progressive political ecology. This work will be of interest to students and scholars interested in philosophy, environmental ethics and philosophy, religious studies, and intellectual history.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 148 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780429678226
Related ISBNs:: 9780367025144, 9780367544935, 9780429399145
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/02/20
Copyrighted By:: Eric S. Nelson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.