An ecological politics of everyday life: Placing flesh on whitehead's process philosophy in search of "green" possibilities

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-73

  Carolan, Michael S ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Knowledge; Merleau Ponty; Philosophy of organism; Science; Whitehead

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949108279     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853508X276833     Document Type: Article

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