O'Brien Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone

Cultivating Wisdom
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4142-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Philosophy for Everyone

Philosophy and gardens have been closely connected from the dawn ofphilosophy, with many drawing on their beauty and peace forphilosophical inspiration. Gardens in turn give rise to a broadspectrum of philosophical questions. For the green-fingeredthinker, this book reflects on a whole host of fascinatingphilosophical themes.
* Gardens and philosophy present a fascinating combination ofsubjects, historically important, and yet scarcely covered withinthe realms of philosophy
* Contributions come from a wide range of authors, ranging fromgarden writers and gardeners, to those working in architecture,archaeology, archival studies, art history, anthropology, classicsand philosophy
* Essays cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from Epicurusand Confucius to the aesthetics and philosophy of Central Park
* Offers new perspectives on the experience and evaluation ofgardens

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Brien, Dan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allhoff, Fritz

Cooper, David E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements (Dan O'Brien).
Foreword (David E. Cooper).
Planting the Seed: An Introduction to Gardening -Philosophy for Everyone (Dan O'Brien).
Part I: The Good Life
1 The Virtues of Gardening (Isis Brook).
2 Cultivating the Soul: The Ethics of Gardening in AncientGreece and Rome (Meghan T. Ray).
3 Escaping Eden: Plant Ethics in a Gardener's World(Matthew Hall).
4 Food Glorious Food (Helene Gammack).
Part II: Flower Power
5 Plants, Prayers and Power: The Story of the FirstMediterranean Gardens (Jo Day).
6 Brussels Sprouts and Empire: Putting Down Roots (MichaelMoss).
7 Transplanting Liberty: Lafayette's American Garden(Laura Auricchio).
8 Cockney Plots: Allotments and Grassroots Political Activism(Elizabeth A. Scott).
Part III: The Flower Show
9 Hortus Incantans: Gardening as an Art of Enchantment(Eric MacDonald).
10 Gardens, Music and Time (Ismay Barwell and JohnPowell).
11 The Pragmatic Picturesque: The Philosophy of Central Park(Gary Shapiro).
Part IV: The Cosmic Garden
12 Illusions of Grandeur: A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King(Robert Neuman).
13 Time and Temporality in the Garden (Mara Miller).
14 Cultivating Our Garden: David Hume and Gardening as Therapy(Dan O'Brien).
Part V: Philosophers' Gardens
15 The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King (Susan TobyEvans).
16 Epicurus, the Garden, and the Golden Age (GordonCampbell).
17 Gardener of Souls: Philosophical Education in Plato'sPhaedrus (Anne Cotton).
Appendix A: Notes on Contributors.

Über Autor(innen)

Editor
Dan O'Brien is a Research Fellow at Oxford BrookesUniversity, an Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham University,and an Associate Lecturer with the Open University. He is theauthor of An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (2006)and Hume's "Enquiry Concerning HumanUnderstanding": A Reader's Guide (with Alan Bailey,2006). In addition, he has recently edited a special volume ofPhilosophica on the epistemology of testimony.
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the PhilosophyDepartment at Western Michigan University, as well as a SeniorResearch Fellow at the Australian National University'sCentre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition toediting the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is thevolume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine& Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey &Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food& Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell,2007).