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On an Ungrounded Earth: Towards a New Geophilosophy

For too long, the Earth has been used to ground thought instead of bending it; such grounding leaves the planet as nothing but a stage for phenomenology, deconstruction, or other forms of anthropocentric philosophy. In far too much continental philosophy, the Earth is a cold, dead place enlivened on...

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Autor principal: Ben Woodard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Punctum Books 2013.
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