The Human Eros: Eco-Ontology and the Aesthetics of Existence

by Thomas Alexander

Book Overview

The Human Eros explores themes in classical American philosophy, primarily the thought of John Dewey, but also that of Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Santayana, and Native American traditions. Alexander's primary claim is that human beings have an inherent need to experience meaning and value, a "Human Eros." Ourvarious cultures are symbolic environments or "spiritual ecologies" within which the Human Eros seeks to thrive. This is how we inhabit the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823251217
• ISBN13: 9780823251216
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"