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Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe

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In Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe, Jean-Marie Kauth shows how counter-ecological metaphors sprung from the cosmology of the Copernican Revolution influence us still in unexpected, maladaptive ways, nurturing conceptions of the world that are not only incorrect but enabling of ecocide. She argues that although, of course, no one cause can be responsible for the kinds of environmental degradation we are seeing, grasping these underlying paradigms may help us to alter our thinking and make the radical transformations needed to counter the forward motion of our capitalist, post-industrial society, which continues hurtling toward civilizational suicide. She further argues that although not offered as a simple antidote, and with the potential evils of medieval hierarchy acknowledged, there is merit in re-envisioning the cosmos with the holistic, spherical imagination of the Middle Ages, figured in circles, cycles, epicycles, equants: a whole, enclosed, integrated world. This book offers a new perspective on the power of images and metaphors to shape the way humans see the universe and their own role in it.
Jean-Marie Kauth is a member of APHA's Children's Environmental Health Committee of the Environment Section, UCSF's Science Action Network (SAN), and the Childhood Cancer Prevention Initiative (CCPI) and was recently appointed to the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC), a Federal Advisory Committee to the EPA.
Contents Acknowledgments Preface: 'Till by Turning, Turning We Come Round Right Introduction: Cosmology, Ecology Chapter 1: Dante's Cosmos Chapter 2: Enlightenment Echoes Chapter 3: The Infinite Line Chapter 4: Environmental Legacies Chapter 5: Paradigm Shifts Chapter 6: Alternate Metaphors Conclusions References Index About the Author
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