The biology of wonder: aliveness, feeling, and the metamorphosis of science 9780865717992, 9781550925944, 0865717990, 1550925946
The disconnection between humans and nature is perhaps one of the most fundamental problems faced by our species today.
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English Pages xvi, 367 pages: portrait [386] Year 2016
Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Praise......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Rights Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Foreword by David Abram......Page 9
Introduction: Towards a Poetic Ecology......Page 18
Part One: :Cells with Aspirations......Page 32
Chapter 1: The Desire for Life......Page 34
Chapter 2: The Machine That Can Die......Page 54
Chaper 3: The Physics of Creation......Page 88
Part Two: The Language of Feeling......Page 106
Chapter 4: World Inscape......Page 108
Chapter 5: Affective Neuroscience: Mind as Symbol of the Body......Page 128
Part Three: I am Thou......Page 158
Chapter 6: The Question in the Eyes of the Wolf......Page 160
Chapter 7: Learning to Think: Mirroring the Other......Page 182
Part Four: Life as Art......Page 212
Chapter 8: Melody of the Soul......Page 214
Chapter 9: The Principle of Beauty......Page 240
Part Five: Symbioses......Page 272
Chapter 10: The Body of the Sea......Page 274
Chapter 11: Not One, But All......Page 294
Chapter 12: The Silvery Sea......Page 314
Part Six: Healing......Page 332
Chapter 13: Ethics: The Values of the Flesh......Page 334
Chapter 14: Enlivenment: Ecological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty......Page 360
Acknowledgments......Page 375
Endnotes......Page 376
Index......Page 381
About the Author......Page 384
A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading......Page 385
Books to Build a New Society......Page 386
Front Cover......Page 1
Praise......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Rights Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Foreword by David Abram......Page 9
Introduction: Towards a Poetic Ecology......Page 18
Part One: :Cells with Aspirations......Page 32
Chapter 1: The Desire for Life......Page 34
Chapter 2: The Machine That Can Die......Page 54
Chaper 3: The Physics of Creation......Page 88
Part Two: The Language of Feeling......Page 106
Chapter 4: World Inscape......Page 108
Chapter 5: Affective Neuroscience: Mind as Symbol of the Body......Page 128
Part Three: I am Thou......Page 158
Chapter 6: The Question in the Eyes of the Wolf......Page 160
Chapter 7: Learning to Think: Mirroring the Other......Page 182
Part Four: Life as Art......Page 212
Chapter 8: Melody of the Soul......Page 214
Chapter 9: The Principle of Beauty......Page 240
Part Five: Symbioses......Page 272
Chapter 10: The Body of the Sea......Page 274
Chapter 11: Not One, But All......Page 294
Chapter 12: The Silvery Sea......Page 314
Part Six: Healing......Page 332
Chapter 13: Ethics: The Values of the Flesh......Page 334
Chapter 14: Enlivenment: Ecological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty......Page 360
Acknowledgments......Page 375
Endnotes......Page 376
Index......Page 381
About the Author......Page 384
A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading......Page 385
Books to Build a New Society......Page 386
