Freya Mathews

Freya Mathews is an Australian philosopher and author. Her work is mainly concerned with ecological philosophy but also deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and politics as well as a variety of themes, such as cosmology, place, identity and indigeneity versus modernity. Mathews is currently Associate Professor at La Trobe University.

Books

Her books include:
* "The Ecological Self" , Routledge, London, 1991. Reissued 1993; paperback 1994
* "For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsycism", SUNY Press, Albany, 2003
* "Journey to the Source of the Merri", Gininderra Press, Canberra, 2003
* "Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a Recovery of Culture",SUNY Press, Albany, 2005

ee also

* Deep Ecology
* Panpsychism
* Sigurd Zienau

References

B. Baxter, "Ecologism: An Introduction" (Georgetown University Press, 2000), pp 16-33, 58-79.

E. De Jong, "Spinoza and Deep Ecology: Challenging Traditional Approaches to Environmentalism" (Ashgate Publishing, 2004), Ch. 3.

J. Franklin, "Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia" (Macleay Press, 2003), ch. 13.

External links

* [http://www.freyamathews.com Freya Mathews' homepage]

* [http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-April-2006/EcoRigby.html Kate Rigby (2006), "Minding (about) Matter: On the Eros and Anguish of Earthly Encounter. A review essay engaging with Freya Mathews' two recent titles: For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism and Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a Recovery of Culture" in "Australian Humanities Review", Volume 28.]