The Cartesian Trap

Mcphie, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-1685 (2025) The Cartesian Trap. Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice, 8 (1). pp. 20-29.

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Abstract

These are terrifying products of dualistic thinking. We (read - ‘The West’) like to divide things up into chunks or split things in two. A hang-over from the Enlightenment. Apparently, culture is human-made stuff, whereas Nature is that green stuff...over there...(where?). We use dualisms all the time, mostly without thinking about it, like day and night, men and women, culture and nature, mind and body, black and white, civilised and uncivilised, organic and inorganic.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice
Publisher:	Everything is Connected Press
ISSN:	2516-0052
Departments:	Institute of Science and Environment > Outdoor Studies
Additional Information:	Jamie Mcphie is an associate professor in Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences and the course leader for the MA Outdoor and Experiential Learning degree at the University of Cumbria, UK. Article featured in the poetry section of Murmurations, vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2025): Beyond Binaries.
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2025 11:25
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2025 11:30
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8648

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