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001 2015300080
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020 $a1620324687
020 $a9781620324684
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn856567343
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aBT695.5$b.P744 2013
082 $a205.691$223
100 1 $aPrimavesi, Anne,$d1934-
245 10 $aExploring earthiness :$bthe reality and perception of being human today /$cAnne Primavesi.
264 1 $aEugene, Oregon :$bCascade Books,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $axxi, 154 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index.
520 $a"If we see ourselves as Earth rather than Earth as existing for us our perspective is transformed. A variety of religious, philosophical, cultural, and political self-perceptions that dominate our sense of human identity are deeply challenged by this shift in perspective. John Locke's doctrine of Earth as human 'property' has been central to current presuppositions about our selves: justified on the grounds of our possessing unique, divinely bestowed, rational abilities. But today, the effects of that doctrine on Earth's resource base and on its other-than-human creatures directly challenge such assumptions. At the same time contemporary scientific findings about the evolution of earthly life demonstrate that while we belong to Earth and nowhere else, Earth does not belong to us. Exploring this role reversal raises fundamental questions about current theological, philosophical, scientific, and economic presuppositions that underpin the 'business as usual' viewpoint and human-centered aims of contemporary policies and lifestyles. It takes us beyond hierarchical Christian and philosophical doctrines toward a deeper, Earth-focused and peace-based understanding of what it means to be human today"--$cPublisher website.
505 00 $tResourceful earth --$tDisdained earth --$tAppropriated earth --$tReformed earth --$tClassical earth --$tColonized earth --$tMonetized earth --$tDevalued earth --$tMarketized earth --$tPeaceable earth --$tOne earth --$tLiving earth.
650 0 $aNature$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aGaia hypothesis.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects.
650 7 $aGaia hypothesis.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00937049
650 7 $aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00962964
650 7 $aNature$xReligious aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01034594