Elemental-Embodied Thinking for a New Era (2024) (Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures #42)

Synopsis

This collection responds to widespread, complex, and current environmental challenges by presenting eleven original essays on a new elemental-embodied approach in environmental humanities. This approach has a special focus on elemental and indigenous philosophies as well as localized experiences of terrestrial forces: from earthquakes and eruptions to pandemics and natural disasters. Representing a shift in modern Western scientific and disembodied thinking of nature, this edited book approaches the question of relationality and intertwining of human and natural being by utilizing the elemental-embodied methodologies within philosophy of embodiment and nature. Supported by research in cognitive sciences, the contributors represent the experiential and affective turn within research into human cognition. As embodied, the human being is embedded and interacting with all there is. The aim of this edited volume is to indicate new paths toward regaining our access to natural being within usand thus toward reconnecting with the natural environment and the things and beings around us in a new, environmentally enhanced way. It appeals to researchers and students working in many fields, predominantly in philosophy, as well as religious and environmental studies.

Copyright:

2024

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783031421198

Related ISBNs:

9783031421181

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

05/26/24

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Religion and Spirituality, Psychology, Philosophy

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Edited by:

Lenart Škof

Edited by:

Sashinungla

Edited by:

Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir