| Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis Contributor(s): Wirth, Jason M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438465432 ISBN-13: 9781438465432 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Nature | Ecology - Philosophy | Zen |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2016031502 |
| Series: Suny Environmental Philosophy and Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.66 lbs) 174 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Meditating on the work of American poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder and thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dōgen, Jason M. Wirth draws out insights for understanding our relation to the planet's ongoing ecological crisis. He discusses what Dōgen calls "the Great Earth" and what Snyder calls "the Wild" as being comprised of the play of waters and mountains, emptiness and form, and then considers how these ideas can illuminate the spiritual and ethical dimensions of place. The book culminates in a discussion of earth democracy, a place-based sense of communion where all beings are interconnected and all beings matter. This radical rethinking of what it means to inhabit the earth will inspire lovers of Snyder's poetry, Zen practitioners, environmental philosophers, and anyone concerned about the global ecological crisis. |