Cosmic Consciousness and Nature from a Phenomenological Point of View

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Title
Cosmic Consciousness and Nature from a Phenomenological Point of View
Title of the book
Cosmic Consciousness and Human Excellence. Implications for Global Ethics
Author(s)
Hess G.
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Address of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
ISBN
978-1-5275-1149-1
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Editor
Masaeli M., Sneller R.
Chapter
6
Pages
101-119
Language
english
Abstract
This article presents an approach to cosmic consciousness based on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's work on the phenomenology of the lived body. Cosmic consciousness is a concept introduced by Maurice Richard Bucke in
1901 following a deeply transformative personal experience. It designates an expanded experience of the world beyond selÊawareness and exhibits a certain affinity with mystical tradition. Through phenomenology, the concept is reaffirmed and more broadly applied to human relations with human and non-human nature. Cosmic consciousness is thus characterized by a decentering of the self through which one can go beyond the human perspective in a certain sense and move closer to non-human nature - animal, plant and material. Perceiving nature cosmically ultimately means developing and maintaining certain ethical virtues and living within a moral and political community that includes both humans and nonhumans.
Keywords
Bucke, ecumenal community, ethics of virtues, flesh, lived body, Merleau-Ponty, participation, phenomenology, view from nowhere
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