Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603586970 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ultimately, Weber discovers, in order to save life on Earthand our own meaningful existence as human beingswe must learn to love.. In Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber rewrites ecology as a tender practice of forging relationships, of yearning for connections, and of expressing these desires through our bodies. The fact that we disregard this principle lies at the core of a global crisis of meaning that plays out in the avalanche of species loss and
His books in English include: Enlivenment: Towards a Fundamental Shift in the Concepts of Nature, Culture and Politics (2013); The Biology of Wonder: Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science (2016); and Biopoetics: Towards an Existential Ecology (2016). Weber has two children, fifteen and seventeen. Andreas Weber is a Berlin
While the experience of being fully alive is, for him, an erotic experience, it has also been recognized as the very essence of spirituality. Part scientific reflection, part philosophical reverie, part lyrical benediction for the stones and swifts and plants and water ouzels of his beloved Ligurian countryside, Matter and Desire is a deeply felt book from a profoundly humane writer.”Fred Bahnson, author of Soil and Sacrament; director, Food, Health, and Ecological Well-Being Program, Wake Forest University School of Divinity“Every page of Weber’s deeply illuminating new book is a passionate journey into the experience of being alive and in relationship. At the very heart of community, at all levels of life, we find a fundamental impulse to establish connections. As an emergent ‘erotic ecology,’ this book is urgently needed medicine for a planet suffering from a shortage of love.”