TY - BOOK AU - Timothy Morton TI - The Ecological Thought SN - 9780674049208 U1 - 577.01 MOR-E .PS PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge, Mass PB - Harvard University Press KW - Ecology --Philosophy. Evolution (Biology) --Philosophy. Ecology --Political aspects N1 - Introduction : critical thinking -- Thinking big -- Dark thoughts -- Forward thinking N2 - In this passionate, lucid, and surprising book, Timothy Morton argues that all forms of life are connected in a vast, entangling mesh. This interconnectedness penetrates all dimensions of life. No being, construct, or object can exist independently from the ecological entanglement, Morton contends, nor does \\\Nature\\\ exist as an entity separate from the uglier or more synthetic elements of life. Realizing this interconnectedness is what Morton calls the ecological thought.In three concise chapters, Morton investigates the profound philosophical, political, and aesthetic implications of the fact that all life forms are interconnected. As a work of environmental philosophy and theory, The Ecological Thought explores an emerging awareness of ecological reality in an age of global warming. Using Darwin and contemporary discoveries in life sciences as root texts, Morton describes a mesh of deeply interconnected life forms ââ,¬â€œ intimate, strange, and lacking fixed identity ER -