In this passionate, clear, and astonishing book, Timothy Morton argues that all forms of life are connected in a vast, entangling mesh. This interconnectedness permeates all dimensions of life. No being, construct, or object can exist independently of the ecological connection, Morton contends, nor does “Nature” exist as an entity separate from the ugliest or most synthetic elements of life. Realizing this interconnectedness is what Morton calls ecological thinking. In three concise chapters, Morton explores the profound philosophical, political, and aesthetic consequences of the fact that all forms of life are connected. As a work of environmental philosophy and theory, The Ecological Thought explores an emerging awareness of ecological reality in an era of global warming. Using Darwin and contemporary discoveries in the life sciences as radical texts, Morton describes a web of deeply interconnected forms of life—familiar, strange, and without stable identity. A “prequel” to his work Ecology without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics, The Ecological Thought is an engaging and accessible work that will provoke readers’ thinking in fields ranging from critical theory to Romanticism and cultural geography.