For Love of Matter

For Love of MatterA bold and original work in ecocosmology and metaphysics. In For Love of Matter Freya Mathews challenges basic assumptions of Western science, modern philosophy, and environmental philosophy, arguing that the environmental crisis is a symptom of a larger, metaphysical crisis. Western science rests on the premise that the world is an inert backdrop to human presence rather than a communicative presence in its own right, one capable of dialogical

to set realistic learning goals

but social dynamics of large groups are more lax

Two community mental health centers in the Northeastern United States form the setting for this ethnographic study of dreams

Takes mediation beyond the family arena into a broader context

a warm-up exercise

Presented here are phenomenologically specific traits of the bodily knowing that Hadewijch and other women of her time and place prized in their devotion to Christ and his saints

cognitive development

Articles and essays on the construction of male sexuality by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies

A proponent of medieval chivalry

outmoded rite of passage

now referred to simply as novae

ascertainment bias