The Ecology of Wisdom Writings by Arne Naess
by Naess, Arne; Drengson, Alan; Devall, BillEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-15
Publisher(s): Counterpoint
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Summary
Modern environmentalism owes a great debt to philosopher, professor and writer Arne Naess, co-founder of the Deep Ecology movement. Here, editors Alan Drengson and Bill Devall provide a comprehensive but accessible volume of his most groundbreaking and seminal essays, which have remained influential among environmentalists to this very day. An essential anthology from one of modern environmentalism's most important and relevant voices.
Author Biography
Arne Naess was a widely celebrated Norwegian philosopher. He died in Oslo, Norway, in January 2009. Alan Drengson is emeritus professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of environmental studies at the University of Victoria in Canada. Bill Devall was emeritus professor of sociology at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. He died in 2009.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction: The Life and Work of Arne Naess: An Appreciative Overview | p. 3 |
| Places in the Real World | |
| An Example of a Place: Tvergastein | p. 45 |
| Modesty and the Conquest of Mountains | p. 65 |
| Avalanches as Social Constructions | p. 68 |
| The World of Concrete Contents | p. 70 |
| Self-Realization: An Ecological Approach to Being in the World | p. 81 |
| The Long-Range Deep Ecology Movement | |
| The Three Great Movements | p. 99 |
| The Basics of the Deep Ecology Movement | p. 105 |
| Cultural Diversity and the Deep Ecology Movement | p. 120 |
| The Place of Joy in a World of Fact | p. 123 |
| Beautiful Action: Its Function in the Ecological Crisis | p. 133 |
| Lifestyle Trends Within the Deep Ecology Movement | p. 140 |
| Methodology and Systems | |
| Reflections on Total Views | p. 145 |
| The Limited Neutrality of Typologies of Systems | p. 160 |
| The Methodology of Normative Systems | p. 167 |
| Pluralism in Cultural Anthropology | p. 181 |
| The Principle of Intensity | p. 187 |
| Creativity and Gestalt Thinking | p. 192 |
| Gestalt Thinking and Buddhism | p. 195 |
| Nonviolence and Gandhi, Spinoza and wholeness | |
| Nonmilitary Defense | p. 207 |
| Gandhian Nonviolent Verbal Communication: The Necessity of Training | p. 219 |
| Spinoza and the Deep Ecology Movement | p. 230 |
| Through Spinoza to Mahayana Buddhism, or Through Mahayana Buddhism to Spinoza? | p. 252 |
| Freedom, Self, and Activeness, According to Spinoza | p. 274 |
| Problems and Ways Forward | |
| Industrial Society, Postmodernity, and Ecological Sustainability | p. 279 |
| Sustainability! The Integral Approach | p. 293 |
| Population Reduction: An Ecosophical View | p. 302 |
| Deep Ecology for the Twenty-Second Century | p. 308 |
| Notes | p. 315 |
| Bibliography | p. 326 |
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