The book Elemental-Embodied Thinking for a New Era, edited by Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, History, and Archaeology at the University of Iceland, was recently published. Other editors are Lenart Škof and Sashingula, and the book is published by Springer. The book contains a collection of essays in the fields of environmental philosophy and environmental humanities.
Among the contributors are renowned environmental philosophers like Timothy Morton and Michael Marder, as well as researchers involved in an international project on embodied critical thinking, including Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir, Associate Professor at the Iceland University of the Arts, Ole M. Sandberg, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Iceland's Institute of Philosophy, Donata Schoeller, Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iceland, and Emil Månsson, a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of Iceland. Gísli Pálsson, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Social Sciences, writes the foreword to the volume.
The authors present research on embodied and nature-related thinking and indigenous philosophies concerning our position within nature. The essays collectively respond to the call for a changed attitude toward the environment in the face of climate change. The book's content highlights a shift towards experience and emotions in the study of thinking, understanding, and being. The purpose is to seek new ways to connect more deeply with ourselves and all living things in thought and understanding as embodied and relational beings.