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In Animate Earth Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the'more-than-human'world. His work is based on careful integration of rational scientific analysis with our intuition, sensing and feeling - a vitally important task at this time of severe ecological and climate crisis. Stephan Harding replaces the cold, objectifying language of science with a way of speaking of our planet as a sentient, living being rather than as a dead, inert mechanism. For example, chemical reactions are described using metaphors from human life, such as marriage, attraction, repulsion etc., so as to bring personality back into the world of rocks, atmosphere, water and living things. In this sense, the book is a contemporary attempt to rediscover anima mundi (the soul of the world) through Gaian science, whilst assuming no prior knowledge of science.Animate Earth argues that we need to establish a right relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are indissolubly embedded - and to which, in the final analysis, we are all accountable. The book inspires the reader to connect with a profound sense of the intrinsic value of the Earth, an

Author

Stephen Harding

Publisher

Green Earth Books (an Imprint of Green Books)

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781603581493

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Biology

Rating

4.18 / 5 (50 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14