"What does it mean to think geologically? In our era of debates about the Anthropocene where a reckoning with geology seems inevitable and essential, how can humanity learn from the rocks around it to rethink questions of ethics, aesthetics, and existence in order to be better members of a global community that includes the living and nonliving, organic and inorganic, human and stone? Thinking with Stone takes up these urgent questions by offering a geo-philosophical survey of the strata of Utahs San Rafael Swell. The unique stratigraphy of this mostly unknown region of Utahs canyon lands provides an exceptional opportunity for thinking through and with rocks. Working through the Swells strata one at a time and combining personal, scientific, and historical perspectives, Thinking with Stone attempts to reimagine the relationship of humanity and geology, the organic and inorganic, and history and deep time"-- Provided by publisher.