Sherry L. Ackerman

Sherry L. Ackerman is an American academic and dressage clinician ["Piaffe Flyer", Issue January '07, by Lucy Maynard. http://www.enydcta.doityourselfsitebuilder.com/f/SherryProfile.pdf] . She is Professor of Philosophy at College of the Siskiyous, in Northern California, USA [cite web | url=http://www.siskiyous.edu/staff/ackermans/ | title=Dr. Sherry L. Ackerman | accessdate=2008-09-13] .

She is an active scholar with the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies [cite web | url=http://www.isns.us/index.html | title=International Society for Neoplatonic Studies | accessdate=2008-09-13] and has authored numerous papers and journal articles. [cite web | url=http://www.isns.us/directory/america-canada/ackermansherry.htm | title=Ackerman, Sherry L. - Scholars Directory | accessdate=2008-09-13] [The World Soul and the Soul of the World: Philosophy, Cosmos, and Culture at the Fifteenth Annual Conference on Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Social Thought; Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, October 26, 1996; http://cosmopolis.com/inst/index.html]

In 2008, Ackerman published "Behind the Looking Glass" [(ISBN 978-1847184863)] , offering another perspective in the contemporary deconstruction of the "Carroll Myth". The book offers a thorough examination of the nineteenth century Neoplatonic Revival in Great Britain, with special emphasis upon its influence on the writings of Lewis Carroll: conciliatory points between revived Neoplatonism, theosophy and spiritualism are identified. Ackerman is affiliated with ContrariWise: The Association for New Lewis Carroll Studies. [cite web | url=http://contrariwise.cc/aboutus.html | title=Contrariwise | accessdate=2008-09-13] Dodgson biographer Morton N. Cohen, in a recent article in the Times Literary Supplement labeled their position as 'revisionists' who were attempting to rewrite history. [cite journal | author=Cohen, Morton N. | title=When Love was Young | url=http://www.lewiscarroll.cc/cohenfulltext.html | journal=Times Literary Supplement | date=October 2003]

Ackerman is also a proponent of eco-spirituality and nature mysticism. ["Yoga for Equestrians: A New Path for Achieving Union with your Horse", by Linda Benedict and Veronica Wirth, Trafalgar Square Books, 2000. ] ["Philosophy in Practice: Dressage in the Fourth Dimension". Fifth International Conference on Philosophy in Practice; Wadham College, Oxford. June 10-11, 1999.] In 2008, she published a second edition of "Dressage in the Fourth Dimension" [(ISBN 978-1577316237)] . This book posits that humanity’s alienation from Nature can no longer be ignored. Ackerman claims that the enormity and immediacy of the crisis is evident.

ee Also

*Karoline Leach
*Hugues Lebailly
*Sadi Ranson

References

External links

* [http://sherryackerman.com Sherry Ackerman's website]
* [http://carrollmyth.com "The Carroll Myth"]
* [http://www.lewiscarrollmyth.com "Behind the Looking Glass"]
* [http://contrariwise.cc Contrariwise] ]
* [http://www.dressageinthefourth.com "Dressage in the Fourth Dimension"]