ANIMATE EARTH by Harding, Stephan : Eco Philosophy

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Science, Intuition and Gaia

In Animate Earth Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the morethanhuman world. His work is based on a careful integration of rational scientific analysis with our intuition, sensing and feelinga vitally important task at this time of severe ecological and climate crisis.

Stephan replaces the cold, objectifying language of science with a way of speaking of our planet as a sentient, living being rather than as a dead, inert mechanism. For example, chemical reactions are described using metaphors from human life, such as marriage, attraction, repulsion etc, so as to bring personality back into the world of rocks, atmosphere, water and living things. In this sense, the book is a contemporary attempt to rediscover anima mundi (the soul of the world) through Gaian science, whilst assuming no prior knowledge of science.

Animate Earth argues that we need to establish a right relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are indissolubly embeddedand to which, in the final analysis, we are all accountable. The book inspires the reader to connect with a profound sense of the intrinsic value of the Earth, and to discover what it means to live as harmoniously as possible within a sentient creature of planetary proportions.

The Author: Dr Stephan Harding holds a doctorate in ecology from the University of Oxford. He is the Coordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science at Schumacher College at Dartington, where he is also Resident Ecologist. He lives in Dartington, Devon.

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