On the Integration of Nature: Post 9/11 Biopolitical Notes

This collage-like book is an inquiry into the nature of life and of existence itself. Simultaneously philosophical, spiritual, and literary, it pushes the boundaries of this area of thought beyond the strictures of science, religion, and all other forms of ideology. Author Richard Grossinger dazzlingly blends narrative memoir, short science fiction “novels” (the shortest being a mere paragraph), political think pieces, Buddhist screeds, public dialogue via found art, and even dreams to create a bold view of the world and humankind’s precarious place in it.

Incorporating landscape narrative, speculative science writing, Buddhist commentary and other spiritual reflection, philosophical thinking, anti-Bush editorials, music and book reviews, and memorials to departed friends, Grossinger (Ph.D., anthropology, U. of Michigan) presents a wide-ranging inquiry into the meaning of humanity and nature in the post-9/11 world. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Richard Grossinger was born in New York City in 1944. He received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1966 ad a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan in 1975. He is the author of many books, including The Night Sky, Embryogenesis, and Homeopathy: An Introduction for Skeptics and Beginners. He lives with his wife Lindy Hough in Berkeley, California.