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OverviewLove in many premodern cultures extended to and permeated the world or even the cosmos, but love in contemporary consumerist society tends to be sexualized, romanticized, and individualized. As a result, ancient visions of ethical love are difficult for moderns to comprehend, especially those rooted in premodern Western thought, or Native American thinkers that describe a love of the natural world that would help us live more responsibly on the Earth. This volume retrieves the significant narratives of love of the world and the concomitant ethical ramifications of those visions and argues that our age of science and technology has destroyed the ancient, living cosmos of previous visions and replaced it with a mechanical universe. This shift has resulted in various forms of destruction, diminishment, and forgetfulness. Overcoming modern world alienation requires recovering a sense of what it means to love the world and changing our practices to reflect our interconnection with it and our interdependency on it. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Justin PackPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781498591348ISBN 10: 1498591345 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 15 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJustin Pack is lecturer at CSU Stanislaus. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |