Description
Does it matter? Book Description on Man's Relationship with Materiality: "A fascinating introduction to the deepest paths of wisdom." - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times This book conveys Alan Watts' thoughts on the concept of materiality and the surprising problems caused by our dysfunctional relationship. Known for his writings and teachings on mysticism and Eastern philosophy, the philosopher discusses real issues in economics, technology, clothing, cooking and shelter in this book. Watts believes that we confuse symbol with reality. It clearly shows that we cannot understand the real world because of the ways we define and measure it, and therefore everything we aim to achieve cannot and will not give us what we want. He defines the situation that people find themselves in as eating the menu instead of the food itself. Since we lock our attention to numbers and concepts; We are increasingly losing the awareness of our complete dependence on nature, air, water, plants, animals, insects and bacteria. We argue that we have the false idea that the so-called external world is a set of objects separate from ourselves, that we are confronted with it and that we enter into it from the outside, rather than coming from within it. "Does It Matter?", first published in 1972, explains the environmental problems arising from this wrong mentality in the most clear way. (From the Promotional Bulletin)
This work, published by Sola Unitas and written by Merve Acar, is now on Books in the World.