“The Only Way Out Is In”: Transcending Modernity and Embracing Interconnectedness in Gary Snyder and Kenneth White

It seems that in order to overcome the current ecological crisis we need a new (global?) narrative. If narrative of “progress” has functioned as one Western cultural myths is linked notions modernity and Enlightenment, then perhaps vision “enlightenment.” This change might become part paradigm shift associated with view ecology natural world, proposed by Thich Nhat Hanh, father engaged Buddhism West. paper aims show how Gary Snyder Kenneth White, two like-minded world-renowned poets environmental activists, contribute paradigm: transmodernity. The non-dualism Eastern philosophy White find valuable represent rejection modernity, its cult progress telos. emphasis will be placed on importance Hua-Yen Buddhist philosophy, centred upon metaphor “Indra’s net,” ways which it informs Snyder’s White’s writing Earth-centred activism. anarchism nowadays, more than ever before, intertwined deep ecology. radical geopoetics becoming popular, showing shifting. As I argue, impact net” dynamics this gradual process undeniable.