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The Nature of Being Human From Environmentalism to Consciousness

By: Harold Fromm
288 pages
The Nature of Being Human
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  • The Nature of Being Human ISBN: 9780801891298 Hardback May 2009 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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Although the physical relationship between the natural world and individuals is quantifiable, the psychosocial effect of the former on the latter is often less tangible. What, for instance, is the connection between the environment in which we live and our creativity? How is our consciousness bounded and delimited by our materiality? And from whence does our idea of self and our belief in free will derive and when do our surroundings challenge these basic assumptions? Ecocritic Harold Fromm's challenging exploration of these and related questions twines his own physical experiences and observations with insights gathered from both the humanities and the sciences. Writing broadly and personally, Fromm explores our views of nature and how we write about it.

He ties together ecology, evolutionary psychology, and consciousness studies to show that our perceived separation from our surroundings is an illusory construct. He argues for a naturalistic vision of creativity, free will, and the literary arts unimpeded by common academic and professional restraints. At each point of this intellectual journey, Fromm is honest, engaging, and unsparing. Philosophical, critical, often personal, Fromm's sweeping, interdisciplinary, and sometimes combative essays will change the way you think about your place in the environment.

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Harold Fromm is a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona whose writings on self, the environment, and academia have been widely read and debated. He is the coeditor of The Ecocriticism Reader and the author of Academic Capitalism and Literary Value.
By: Harold Fromm
288 pages
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&i;"How rare it is that a work of philosophical inquiry is written with the passion of a cri de coeur, but Harold Fromm's brilliantly conceived The Nature of Being Human resonates with such uncanny depths."&o;
- Joyce Carol Oates
&i;"Harold Fromm writes about 'awakening to the environment,' but his book is much more: a desperately needed, beautifully crafted manifesto, it is nothing less than a great humanist awakening to the reality of also being a material, fully biological creature."&o;
- David P. Barash, coauthor of How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories
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