Is It Painful to Think?: Conversations with Arne Naess, Father of Deep Ecology - Softcover

Rothenberg PhD, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1863734279 ISBN 13: 9781863734271

Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia) Pty Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess is known primarily as the originator of the term "deep ecology", although his thoughts and approaches have been touched and shaped by all the major events of our times. His precise thinking has been applied to all of the great contemporary dilemmas and is central to the emergence of ecology as a political force. Through a series of conversations spanning Naess's complex life, David Rothenberg presents the man of natural philosophy in his own words. "Is It Painful To Think?" is the story of a thinker of the 20th century. What emerges is the personal vision of a life imbued with ecology, which reveals in most human terms how respect for and contact with the natural world can provide the foundation for a total view of the vast problems of humanity and our place in the world.

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This is the compelling story of one of the most fascinating thinkers of the twentieth century- a richly toned portrait of a modern-day Thoreau.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia) Pty Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1863734279
• ISBN 13: 9781863734271
• Binding: Paperback