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Earthy Realism: the Meaning of Gaia

By James , Midgley , Mary;Lovelock

Book information

Publisher
Andrews UK
Year
2012
ISBN
9781845403850, 1845403851
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1509017 bytes)
Series
Societas
Pages
142 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Biology--Philosophy;Nature--Effect of human beings

Description

GAIA, named after the ancient Greek mother-goddess, is the notion that the Earth and the life on it form an active, self-maintaining whole. By its use of personification it attacks the view that the physical world is inert and lifeless. It has a scientific side, as shown by the new university departments of earth science which bring biology and geology together to study the continuity of the cycle. It also has a visionary or spiritual aspect. What the contributors to this book believe is nee ...

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