ASIN: B08VS8382V
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 101
An Essay on DragonsImagining the Dragon in the Anthropocene: A Vision of Embryogenesis Intersections between Myth and Ecology Abstract The conflicting relationship between humans and the environment impacts on all biological life. Our actions since the Industrial Revolution have had serious consequences on the planet’s health. This dissertation highlights the dangers of anthropocentrism, as originating within the inherited frameworks of institutionalised religion and perpetuated by the globalised culture of consumer-capitalism. Perspectives in deep ecology can enhance human connections to the environment through recognising the importance of developing biocentrism as opposed to anthropocentrism. This dissertation presents a comparative analysis of three texts spanning from the fifth to the first centuries BC. These texts in translation depict revelatory visions of the divine, echoing ...
