Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and DÅ gen in an Age of Ecological Crisis (Environ Philosophy Ethics)

Wirth, Jason M.

ISBN 10: 1438465432 / ISBN 13: 9781438465432

Published by State University of New York Press, 2017

About this Item

Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships USPS Media Mail.

Seller Inventory # OTV.1438465432.VG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and DÅ gen in an Age of Ecological Crisis (Environ Philosophy Ethics)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438465432
• ISBN 13: 9781438465432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

Engages the global ecological crisis through a radical rethinking of what it means to inhabit the earth.

FINALIST for the 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy category

Meditating on the work of American poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder and thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dōgen, Jason M. Wirth draws out insights for understanding our relation to the planet's ongoing ecological crisis. He discusses what Dōgen calls "the Great Earth" and what Snyder calls "the Wild" as being comprised of the play of waters and mountains, emptiness and form, and then considers how these ideas can illuminate the spiritual and ethical dimensions of place. The book culminates in a discussion of earth democracy, a place-based sense of communion where all beings are interconnected and all beings matter. This radical rethinking of what it means to inhabit the earth will inspire lovers of Snyder's poetry, Zen practitioners, environmental philosophers, and anyone concerned about the global ecological crisis.

About the Author

Jason M. Wirth is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He is the author of Schelling's Practice of the Wild: Time, Art, Imagination and The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time; the translator of The Ages of the World by F. W. J. Schelling; and the coeditor (with Patrick Burke) of The Barbarian Principle: Merleau-Ponty, Schelling, and the Question of Nature, all published by SUNY Press.