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A Non-Philosophical Theory of Nature: Ecologies of Thought (Radical Theologies)
A NonPhilosophical Theory of Nature Ecologies of Thought - Radical Theologies Author:Anthony Paul Smith In A Non-Philosophical Theory of Nature, Anthony Paul Smith asserts that the old theological and philosophical ideas about the unnatural are no longer tenable. Parts of nature seem to be at war with one another - the human against the rest of the biosphere - and this is because our very understanding of the idea of nature that comes to us from p... more »hilosophy and theology has perpetuated that war. Smith argues that the very idea of nature must be rethought as ecological. Towards that purpose he uses the methodology of François Laruelle's non-philosophy to bring together the fields of philosophy, theology, and scientific ecology and treat them as ecological material. Out of this ecology of thought, a new theory of nature emerges for an ecological age.« less