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The Wakeful World

Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature

  • Paperback
  • 313 pages
  • Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
  • 14.5 x 21.4 x 2.2 cm

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Over the past few hundred years, animism has been dismissed as a primitive, naive and irrational perspective, irrelevant within the civilised West. In The Wakeful World, Emma Restall Orr argues that this is based on the misrepresentation, drawn in crayon, that each tree and stone has its own Christian-like immortal soul. Taking the reader on a philosophical adventure, Restall Orr explores the heritage of Western thought with precision, enthusiasm and sensitivity, considering how soul, spirit, mind and consciousness have been understood through millennia. Challenging the prevailing worldviews of materialism and dualism, she presents animism as a radically different, yet mature and coherent philosophy. Providing deep green ethics with a wholly rational metaphysical foundation, The Wakeful World is a compelling view of the nature of existence and the experience of reality, giving solid ground for the now necessary journey to a sustainable world.
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  • Title

    The Wakeful World

  • Author

    Emma Restall Orr

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    John Hunt Publishing

  • Published

    November 2012

  • Weight

    368g

  • Page Count

    313

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 21.4 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781780994079

  • ISBN-10

    1780994079

  • Eden Code

    4649049

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