Ecology of Wisdom

Preface - Alan Drengson and Bill Devall
Introduction - The Life and Work of Arne Naess: An Appreciative Overview by Alan Drengson

SECTION 1 PLACES IN THE REAL WORLD
An Example of a Place: Tvergastein
Modesty and the Conquest of Mountains
Avalanches as Social Constructions
The World of Concrete Contents
Self-Realization: An Ecological Approach to Being in the World

SECTION 2 THE LONG-RANGE DEEP ECOLOGY MOVEMENT
The Three Great Movements
The Basics of the Deep Ecology Movement
Cultural Diversity and the Deep Ecology Movement
The Place of Joy in a World of Fact
Beautiful Action: Its Function in the Ecological Crisis
Lifestyle Trends Within the Deep Ecology Movement

SECTION 3 METHODOLOGY AND SYSTEMS
Reflections on Total Views
The Limited Neutrality of Typologies of Systems
The Methodology of Normative Systems
Pluralism in Cultural Anthropology
The Principle of Intensity
Creativity and Gestalt Thinking
Gestalt Thinking and Buddhism

SECTION 4 NONVIOLENCE AND GANDHI, SPINOZA AND WHOLENESS
Nonmilitary Defense
Gandhian Nonviolent Verbal Communication: The Necessity of Training
Spinoza and the Deep Ecology Movement
Through Spinoza to Mahayana Buddhism, or Through Mahayana Buddhism to Spinoza?
Freedom, Self, and Activeness, According to Spinoza

SECTION 5 PROBLEMS AND WAYS FORWARD
Industrial Society, Postmodernity, and Ecological Sustainability
Sustainability! The Integral Approach
Population Reduction: An Ecosophical View
Deep Ecology for the Twenty-Second Century

Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
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