A compelling and fascinating account of how we must change our thinking about the environment, The Ecological Self is a classic of ecological and environmental thinking. This Routledge Classics edition includes a substantial new introduction by the author. 'Freya writes beautifully ... [She] illuminates the relationshipbetweenphysics and metaphysics, and between knowledge and faith ... if one wanted a clear articulation of some aspects of Spinoza's notion of substance and Einstein's cosmology, here it is.' - Habitat 'This is the book for which serious students of "deep" ecology have been waiting ...her treatment is outstandingly lucid, highly original and tightly argued.' - Times Higher Education Supplement 'It should be read by everyone interested in environmental ethics and will be of interest to many others.' - Australasian Journal of Philosophy