Cosmologies of the Anthropocene: Panpsychism, Animism, and the Limits of Posthumanism

by Arne Johan Vetlesen

Book Overview

This book engages with the classic philosophical question of mind and matter, seeking to show its altered meaning and acuteness in the era of the Anthropocene. Arguing that matter, and, more broadly, the natural world, has been misconceived since Descartes, it explores the devastating impact that this has had in practice in the West. As such, alternatives are needed, whether philosophical ones such as those offered by figures such as Whitehead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367545349
• ISBN13: 9780367545345
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"