The Resource Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as elemental ideas, David Macauley
Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as elemental ideas, David Macauley
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- Summary
- "Bachelard called them "the hormones of the imagination." Hegel observed that, "through the four elements we have the elevation of sensuous ideas into thought." Earth, air, fire, and water are explored as both philosophical ideas and environmental issues associated with their classical and perennial conceptions. David Macauley embarks upon a wide-ranging discussion of their initial appearance in ancient Greek thought as mythic forces or scientific principles to their recent reemergence within contemporary continental philosophy as a means for understanding landscape and language, poetry and place, the body and the body politic. In so doing, he shows the importance of elemental thinking for comprehending and responding to ecological problems. In tracing changing views of the four elements through the history of ideas, Macauley generates a new vocabulary for and a fresh vision of the environment while engaging the elemental world directly with reflections on their various manifestations."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 433 pages)
- Contents
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- Philosophy's forgotten four
- The topology of the elemental environment
- The flowering of ecological roots : Empedocles's elemental thought
- Plato's chora-graphy of earth, air, fire, and water
- The place of the elements of place : Aristotle's natural household
- The economy and ecology of the Aristotelian elements
- Domestication of the elements
- In touch with the sensuous world : the reclamation of the elemental in continental philosophy
- Revaluing earth, air, fire, and water : elemental beauty, ecological duty, and environmental policy
- Isbn
- 9781441674135
- Label
- Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as elemental ideas
- Title
- Elemental philosophy
- Title remainder
- earth, air, fire, and water as elemental ideas
- Statement of responsibility
- David Macauley
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Bachelard called them "the hormones of the imagination." Hegel observed that, "through the four elements we have the elevation of sensuous ideas into thought." Earth, air, fire, and water are explored as both philosophical ideas and environmental issues associated with their classical and perennial conceptions. David Macauley embarks upon a wide-ranging discussion of their initial appearance in ancient Greek thought as mythic forces or scientific principles to their recent reemergence within contemporary continental philosophy as a means for understanding landscape and language, poetry and place, the body and the body politic. In so doing, he shows the importance of elemental thinking for comprehending and responding to ecological problems. In tracing changing views of the four elements through the history of ideas, Macauley generates a new vocabulary for and a fresh vision of the environment while engaging the elemental world directly with reflections on their various manifestations."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macauley, David
- Dewey number
- 113
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BD581
- LC item number
- .M25 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- BD581
- NAL item number
- (INTERNET)
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Four elements (Philosophy)
- SCIENCE
- Four elements (Philosophy)
- Label
- Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as elemental ideas, David Macauley
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- multicolored
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- Contents
- Philosophy's forgotten four -- The topology of the elemental environment -- The flowering of ecological roots : Empedocles's elemental thought -- Plato's chora-graphy of earth, air, fire, and water -- The place of the elements of place : Aristotle's natural household -- The economy and ecology of the Aristotelian elements -- Domestication of the elements -- In touch with the sensuous world : the reclamation of the elemental in continental philosophy -- Revaluing earth, air, fire, and water : elemental beauty, ecological duty, and environmental policy
- Control code
- 670430509
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 433 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781441674135
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- rdamedia
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- c
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)670430509
- Label
- Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as elemental ideas, David Macauley
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Philosophy's forgotten four -- The topology of the elemental environment -- The flowering of ecological roots : Empedocles's elemental thought -- Plato's chora-graphy of earth, air, fire, and water -- The place of the elements of place : Aristotle's natural household -- The economy and ecology of the Aristotelian elements -- Domestication of the elements -- In touch with the sensuous world : the reclamation of the elemental in continental philosophy -- Revaluing earth, air, fire, and water : elemental beauty, ecological duty, and environmental policy
- Control code
- 670430509
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 433 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781441674135
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)670430509
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