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
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.
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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