Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone

Cultivating Wisdom
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3021-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 385 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allhoff, Fritz

O'Brien, Dan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allhoff, Fritz

Cooper, David E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Sachbuch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword viii
David E. Cooper

Acknowledgments xi
Dan O’Brien

Planting the Seed: An Introduction to Gardening – Philosophy for Everyone 1
Dan O’Brien

Part I The Good Life 11

1 The Virtues of Gardening 13
Isis Brook

2 Cultivating the Soul: The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome 26
Meghan T. Ray

3 Escaping Eden: Plant Ethics in a Gardener’s World 38
Matthew Hall

4 Food Glorious Food 48
Helene Gammack

Part II Flower Power 63

5 Plants, Prayers, and Power: The Story of the First Mediterranean Gardens 65
Jo Day

6 Brussels Sprouts and Empire: Putting Down Roots 79
Michael Moss

7 Transplanting Liberty: Lafayette’s American Garden 93
Laura Auricchio

8 Cockney Plots: Allotments and Grassroots Political Activism 106
Elizabeth A. Scott

Part III The Flower Show 119

9 Hortus Incantans: Gardening as an Art of Enchantment 121
Eric MacDonald

10 Gardens, Music, and Time 135
Ismay Barwell and John Powell

11 The Pragmatic Picturesque: The Philosophy of Central Park 148
Gary Shapiro

Part IV The Cosmic Garden 161

12 Illusions of Grandeur: A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King 163
Robert Neuman

13 Time and Temporality in the Garden 178
Mara Miller

14 Cultivating Our Garden: David Hume and Gardening as Therapy 192
Dan O’Brien

Part V Philosophers’ Gardens 205

15 The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King 207
Susan Toby Evans

16 Epicurus, the Garden, and the Golden Age 220
Gordon Campbell

17 Gardener of Souls: Philosophical Education in Plato’s Phaedrus 232
Anne Cotton

Notes on Contributors 245

Über Autor(innen)

Editors DAN O'BRIEN is a Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham University, and an Associate Lecturer with the Open University.

Series Editor FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.