Thank you, Jessica, for bringing relationship into focus: "The relationship framing also highlights the entanglement of our personal lives and broader systemic issues." Cultivating I/Thou relating is more important than ever.
Does the more-than-human world you're referencing here mean both other animals, plants etc. ("nature") as well as the spiritual realm ("god", "universe")? Well, while writing this I realized these two are difficult to separate anyways, haha.
I've used the 4 categories Self, Others, Nature, God (or any other term that fits, like Universe) to describe different kinds of relationships (and how improving each of them also has a ripple effect on the others, at least that's my hypothesis) until now, but I like your more-than-human category. Thanks for your input!
Thank you Jan, I am glad it resonates. I like your 4 categories Self, Others, Nature, God. And yes, when I use the term more-than-human, I also refer to God, and it might even include landscapes and materials.
Thank you, Jessica, for bringing relationship into focus: "The relationship framing also highlights the entanglement of our personal lives and broader systemic issues." Cultivating I/Thou relating is more important than ever.
Love it!
Does the more-than-human world you're referencing here mean both other animals, plants etc. ("nature") as well as the spiritual realm ("god", "universe")? Well, while writing this I realized these two are difficult to separate anyways, haha.
I've used the 4 categories Self, Others, Nature, God (or any other term that fits, like Universe) to describe different kinds of relationships (and how improving each of them also has a ripple effect on the others, at least that's my hypothesis) until now, but I like your more-than-human category. Thanks for your input!
Thank you Jan, I am glad it resonates. I like your 4 categories Self, Others, Nature, God. And yes, when I use the term more-than-human, I also refer to God, and it might even include landscapes and materials.