themes among the essays resurface and resonate. Though our request for essays was broad and open-ended; we found that topics such as seeing; authenticity; interpretation; wholeness; care; and dwelling ran as undercurshy; rents throughout. Our major hope is that each essay plays a part in revealing a larger whole of meaning which says much about a more humane relationshy; ship with places; environments and the earth as our home. Part I. Beginnings and directions At the start; we recognize the tremendous debt this volume owes to philosopher Martin Heidegger (1890-1976); whose ontological excavations into the nature of human existence and meaning provide the philosophical foundations for many of the essays; particularly those in Part I of the volume. Above all else; Heidegger was regarded by his students and colleagues as a master teacher. He not only thought deeply but was also able to show others how to think and to question. Since he; perhaps more than anyone else in this century; provides the instruction for dOing a phenomenology and hermeneutic of humanitys existential situation; he is seminal for phenomenological and hermeneutical research in the environmental discishy; plines. He presents in his writings what conventional scholarly work; especially the scientific approach; lacks; he helps us to evoke and undershy; stand things through a method that allows them to come forth as they are; he provides a new way to speak about and care for our human nature and environment.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy readerCheck out chapter 15 - very interesting.