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Penn State Brandywine Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies David Macauley recently co-edited a book titled "The Seasons: Philosophical, Environmental, and Literary Perspectives," with State University of New York Press.
The cover to the book "The Seasons: Philosophical, Environmental, and Literary Perspectives."
Photo: SUNY Press
According to the publisher, the work is a first-of-its-kind collection of pioneering essays that demonstrate the significance of the seasons for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics and literary criticism. Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. "The Seasons" opens up new avenues for research in these fields and provides a valuable resource for teachers and students of the environmental humanities. The essays in the collection address a wide range of seasonal cultures and geographies, from the traditional Western model of the four seasons — spring, summer, fall and winter — to the Indigenous seasons of Australia and the Arctic. Exemplifying the crucial importance of interdisciplinary research, "The Seasons" makes a compelling case for the relevance of the seasons to our daily lives, scientific understanding, diverse cultural practices and politics...
Gerard Kuperus, who teaches philosophy at the University of San Francisco, has observed of the book: “In a time of climate change, lack of awareness of weather patterns, and technological climate control in our homes and workplaces, this is an incredibly timely work. The collection of essays is original, valuable, and beautifully written. Not only did I enjoy reading them, I learned a lot along the way.”
This title will be released on July 1, 2021.
Source: Penn State News
