The Ethics of Oneness: Emerson, Whitman, and the Bhagavad Gita (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226746029)

We live in an era defined by a sense of separation, even in the midst of networked connectivity. As cultural climates sour and divisive political structures spread, we are left wondering about our ties to each other. Consequently, there is no better time than now to reconsider ideas of unity.

In The Ethics of Oneness, Jeremy David Engels reads the Bhagavad Gita alongside the works of American thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. Drawing on this rich combination of traditions, Engels presents the notion that individuals are fundamentally interconnected in their shared divinity. In other words, everything is one. If the lessons of oneness are taken to heart, particularly as they were expressed and celebrated by Whitman, and the ethical challenges of oneness considered seriously, Engels thinks it is possible to counter the pervasive and problematic American ideals of hierarchy, exclusion, violence, and domination.


Author: Jeremy David Engels
ISBN-10: 022674602X
ISBN-13: 9780226746029
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2021
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d