In this passionate lucid and surprising book Timothy Morton argues that all forms of life
are connected in a vast entangling mesh. This interconnectedness penetrates all dimensions of
life. No being construct or object can exist independently from the ecological entanglement
Morton contends nor does ¿Nature¿ exist as an entity separate from the uglier or more
synthetic elements of life. Realizing this interconnectedness is what Morton calls the
ecological thought. In three concise chapters Morton investigates the profound philosophical
political and aesthetic implications of the fact that all life forms are interconnected. As a
work of environmental philosophy and theory The Ecological Thought explores an emerging
awareness of ecological reality in an age of global warming. Using Darwin and contemporary
discoveries in life sciences as root texts Morton describes a mesh of deeply interconnected
life forms¿intimate strange and lacking fixed identity. A ¿prequel¿ to his Ecology without
Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics (Harvard 2007) The Ecological Thought is an
engaged and accessible work that will challenge the thinking of readers in disciplines ranging
from critical theory to Romanticism to cultural geography.
