Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis

by Jason M. Wirth

FINALIST for the 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy category

Meditating on the work of American poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder and thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dōgen, Jason M. Wirth draws out insights for understanding our relation to the planet's ongoing ecological crisis. He discusses what Dōgen calls "the Great Earth" and what Snyder calls "the Wild" as being...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438465424
• ISBN13: 9781438465425
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"