Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 last crane : modernity and the end of grace -- Ch. 2 Letting the world grow old -- Ch. 3 Becoming native -- Ch. 4 Julia's farm : fertility -- Ch. 5 Hamilton downs : philosophy in the field ... of being -- Ch. 6 white heron : grace and the native self -- Ch. 7 Merri Creek : to the source of the given -- Ch. 8 Barramunga : return to the doorstep of night
Summary
"In this sequel to For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism, also published by SUNY Press, Freya Mathews argues that replacing the materialist premise of modern civilization with a panpsychist one transforms the entire fabric of culture in profound ways. She claims that the environmental crisis is a symptom of deeper issues facing modern civilization arising from the loss of the very meaning of culture. To come to grips with this crisis requires a change in the metaphysical premise of modernity deeper than any as yet envisaged even by the radical ecology movement. This is a change with profound implications for the full range of existential questions and not merely for questions regarding our relationship with "nature.""--Jacket
Notes
Sequel to 'For love of matter : a contemporary panpsychism.'