Emergence Magazine Podcast An Ethics of Wild Mind – A Conversation with David Hinton
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Apr 30, 2024 Poet and author David Hinton discusses the ecological crisis and the separation from the living world. He explores the interconnectedness of ecology, culture, and spirituality, advocating for reweaving mind and landscape. The conversation emphasizes the importance of recognizing our interconnectedness with all beings and advocates for a shift in cultural assumptions for sustainable progress.
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Separation Fuels Ecological Collapse
- Western thought treats humans as separate from nature, enabling instrumental and exploitative relations to the Earth.
- David Hinton argues dissolving that inner separation reweaves consciousness with the living world and changes ethics.
Mind Is Wild Too
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How Farming And Writing Divided Us
- Hinton contrasts Paleolithic hunter-gatherer kinship with the separated human space of Neolithic villages and writing.
- He traces how settlement and literacy produced the idea of an inner soul distinct from the world.