Imaginary Landscape
Author | : William Irwin Thompson |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan Trade |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1990-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0312048084 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780312048082 |
Rating | : 4/5 (082 Downloads) |
Download or read book Imaginary Landscape written by William Irwin Thompson and published by Palgrave Macmillan Trade. This book was released on 1990-10-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a demythologized world, William Thompson finds that the power of myth is ironically being restored at the leading edge of science. This book surveys the present, from Post-Modern theory to a science encompassing Chaos theory and the Gaia hypothesis, and finds in it the threads out of which a future conceptual landscape might be woven.