Animate Earth
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Animate Earth

Science, Intuition and Gaia - A New Scientific Story

Stephen Harding

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Animate Earth

Science, Intuition and Gaia - A New Scientific Story

Stephen Harding

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About This Book

In Animate Earth Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the 'more-than-human' world. His work is based on careful integration of rational scientific analysis with our intuition, sensing and feeling - a vitally important task at this time of severe ecological and climate crisis. Stephan Harding replaces the cold, objectifying language of science with a way of speaking of our planet as a sentient, living being rather than as a dead, inert mechanism. For example, chemical reactions are described using metaphors from human life, such as marriage, attraction, repulsion etc., so as to bring personality back into the world of rocks, atmosphere, water and living things. In this sense, the book is a contemporary attempt to rediscover anima mundi (the soul of the world) through Gaian science, whilst assuming no prior knowledge of science.Animate Earth argues that we need to establish a right relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are indissolubly embedded - and to which, in the final analysis, we are all accountable. The book inspires the reader to connect with a profound sense of the intrinsic value of the Earth, and to discover what it means to live as harmoniously as possible within a sentient creature of planetary proportions. This expanded second edition includes a new chapter on fungi, new contemplative exercises and an update on the global climate situation.

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Publisher
Green Books
Year
2011
ISBN
9781907448256
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Environment & Energy Policy
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. A note on the second edition
  7. Preface by Lynn Margulis
  8. Foreword by Brian Goodwin
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 Anima Mundi
  11. Chapter 2 Encountering Gaia
  12. Chapter 3 From Gaia Hypothesis to Gaia Theory
  13. Chapter 4 Life and the Elements
  14. Chapter 5 Carbon Journeys
  15. Chapter 6 Clouds and Gaia
  16. Chapter 7 From Microbes to Cell Giants
  17. Chapter 8 The Forgotten Kingdom
  18. Chapter 9 Desperate Earth
  19. Chapter 10 Gaia and Biodiversity
  20. Chapter 11 In Service to Gaia
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Harding, S. (2011). Animate Earth ([edition unavailable]). UIT Cambridge Ltd. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2646365/animate-earth-science-intuition-and-gaia-a-new-scientific-story-pdf (Original work published 2011)

Chicago Citation

Harding, Stephen. (2011) 2011. Animate Earth. [Edition unavailable]. UIT Cambridge Ltd. https://www.perlego.com/book/2646365/animate-earth-science-intuition-and-gaia-a-new-scientific-story-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Harding, S. (2011) Animate Earth. [edition unavailable]. UIT Cambridge Ltd. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2646365/animate-earth-science-intuition-and-gaia-a-new-scientific-story-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Harding, Stephen. Animate Earth. [edition unavailable]. UIT Cambridge Ltd., 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.