Earthy Realism - The Meaning of Gaia

Informationen zum Autor Mary Midgley is a philosopher with an interest in relations between humans and the rest of nature (especially animals)! in the sources of morality! and in the tendency of 'scientism' to become a religion. She was senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University and is the author of many books! among them The Myths We Live By (2003). Klappentext GAIA, named after the ancient Greek mother-goddess, is the notion that the Earth and the life on it form an active, self-maintaining whole. With global warming now an accepted fact, the lessons of GAIA have never been more relevant and urgent. Zusammenfassung GAIA, named after the ancient Greek mother-goddess, is the notion that the Earth and the life on it form an active, self-maintaining whole. With global warming now an accepted fact, the lessons of GAIA have never been more relevant and urgent.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Midgley
• Assisted by: Mary Midgley (Editor)
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2007
• EAN: 9781845400804
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-080-4
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 206 mm x 10 mm
• Series: SOCIETAS; Societas
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works