Excursions with Thoreau: Philosophy, Poetry, Religion by Professor Edward F. Moo

Description: Excursions with Thoreau by Professor Edward F. Mooney, Edward F. Mooney "A literary and philosophical exploration of Thoreau as a prose-poet and religious adept who carries us into fresh and unexpected communion with landscape, seascape, open sky, and what he calls "the unfathomable.""-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Excursions with Thoreau is a major new exploration of Thoreaus writing and thought that is philosophical yet sensitive to the literary and religious.Edward F. Mooneys excursions through passages from Walden, Cape Cod, and his late essay "Walking" reveal Thoreau as a miraculous writer, artist, and religious adept. Of course Thoreau remains the familiar political activist and environmental philosopher, but in these fifteen excursions we discover new terrain. Among the notable themes that emerge are Thoreaus grappling with underlying affliction; his pursuit of wonder as ameliorating affliction; his use of the enigmatic image of "a child of the mist"; his exalting "sympathy with intelligence" over plain knowledge; and his preferring "befitting reverie"—not argument—as the way to be carried to better, cleaner perceptions of reality.Mooneys aim is bring alive Thoreaus moments of reverie and insight, and to frame his philosophy as poetic and episodic rather than discursive and systematic. Author Biography Edward F. Mooney is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Syracuse University, USA. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Kierkegaards Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs (Editor and Introduction, 2009), Lost Intimacy in American Thought (Continuum, 2009), and Excursions with Kierkegaard (Bloomsbury, 2012). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Overture2. Celebration and Lamentation3. Sympathy with Intelligence4. Concord Reflections5. Transforming Perception6. Ethics and the Wild7. Expressive Bones8. Child of the Mist9. Deaths and Rebirths10. Affliction and Affinity11. John Brown12. Souls in Infinite Culture13. Currents of Time14. Grounding Poetry15. Face of the RiverClosing ThoughtsClosing Images, Reveries, PrayersClosing PassionsChronology, Works Cited, CreditsIndex Review Henry David Thoreau brought to philosophical writing a personal voice and a situated, embodied sensibility. Edward Mooney proves himself a worthy heir to Thoreaus legacy by speaking to his readers as an extracurricular intellectual and spiritual companion. We follow along as Thoreauvian saunterers, adventuring through rich fields of reverie, with Mooney as our engaging and always insightful guide. Excursions with Thoreau is a powerful illustration of how philosophy can live up to its name as the love of wisdom, grounded in wonder and defined by transformative encounters. It sheds new light on the work of a great American philosopher of the nineteenth century, and will introduce readers to Mooneys distinctive mode of narrative reflection on human experience and its meaning. * Rick Anthony Furtak, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College, USA *Without wasting time on the tired question of whether or not Thoreau is a philosopher, Mooneys decisive arguments uncover for us the profundity and strangeness of the thinkers ideas. Mooney carefully and elegantly uncovers a Thoreau who is attentive to questions of life and loss that led him to formulate a complex ethics while rethinking the meaning of the communal. By bringing Thoreau into conversation with such thinkers as Marx and Kierkegaard, Mooney reveals challenges in Thoreaus writings that have still not been sufficiently addressed. Excursions with Thoreau is beautifully written and will be indispensable for future conversations about that writer. * Branka Arsic, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA *This is, from my point of view, a delightful book. … Mooney is not just interested in explicating Thoreau. The title, Excursions with Thoreau, is meant more seriously. The essays attempt not only to show us Thoreaus way of living, (or, what I called above, his being-in-the-world) but, to some degree, to initiate Mooney himself, and his readers, into that way of life. … Mooney masterfully characterizes the complexity (and sometimes contradiction) that structure these ways of being in the world. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Promotional A literary and philosophical exploration of Thoreau as a prose-poet and religious adept who carries us into fresh and unexpected communion with landscape, seascape, open sky, and what he calls "the unfathomable." Long Description Excursions with Thoreau is a major new exploration of Thoreaus writing and thought that is philosophical yet sensitive to the literary and religious. ..Edward F. Mooneys excursions through passages from Walden, Cape Cod and his late essay Walking reveal Thoreau as a miraculous writer, artist, and religious adept. Of course Thoreau remains the familiar political activist and environmental philosopher, but in these thirteen excursions we discover new terrain. Among the notable themes that emerge are Thoreaus grappling with underlying affliction; pursuit of wonder as ameliorating affliction; use of the enigmatic image of a child of the mist; exalting sympathy with intelligence over plain knowledge; and preferring befitting reverie-not argument-as the way to be carried to better, cleaner perceptions of reality...Mooneys aim is bring alive Thoreaus moments of reverie and insight, and to frame his philosophy as poetic and episodic rather than discursive and systematic. Review Quote "Henry David Thoreau brought to philosophical writing a personal voice and a situated, embodied sensibility. Edward Mooney proves himself a worthy heir to Thoreaus legacy by speaking to his readers as an extracurricular intellectual and spiritual companion. We follow along as Thoreauvian saunterers, adventuring through rich fields of reverie, with Mooney as our engaging and always insightful guide. Excursions with Thoreau is a powerful illustration of how philosophy can live up to its name as the love of wisdom, grounded in wonder and defined by transformative encounters. It sheds new light on the work of a great American philosopher of the nineteenth century, and will introduce readers to Mooneys distinctive mode of narrative reflection on human experience and its meaning." -- Rick Anthony Furtak, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College, USA "Without wasting time on the tired question of whether or not Thoreau is a philosopher, Mooneys decisive arguments uncover for us the profundity and strangeness of the thinkers ideas. Mooney carefully and elegantly uncovers a Thoreau who is attentive to questions of life and loss that led him to formulate a complex ethics while rethinking the meaning of the communal. By bringing Thoreau into conversation with such thinkers as Marx and Kierkegaard, Mooney reveals challenges in Thoreaus writings that have still not been sufficiently addressed. Excursions with Thoreau is beautifully written and will be indispensable for future conversations about that writer." -- Branka Arsic, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA Promotional "Headline" A literary and philosophical exploration of Thoreau as a prose-poet and religious adept who carries us into fresh and unexpected communion with landscape, seascape, open sky, and what he calls "the unfathomable." Feature Illuminates the philosophical-poetic and religious aspects of Thoreaus writing Details ISBN1501305646 Short Title EXCURSIONS W/THOREAU Language English ISBN-10 1501305646 ISBN-13 9781501305641 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-10-22 Pages 296 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA Subtitle Philosophy, Poetry, Religion Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2015-10-22 NZ Release Date 2015-10-22 US Release Date 2015-10-22 Illustrations 2 illustrations Author Edward F. 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