A World Not Made for Us: Topics in Critical Environmental Philosophy - Couverture souple

Peterson, Keith R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1438479603 ISBN 13 : 9781438479606

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2021

Synopsis

Proposes a nonanthropocentric reassessment of key themes and approaches in environmental philosophy

In A World Not Made for Us, Keith R. Peterson provides a broad reassessment of the field of environmental philosophy, taking a fresh and critical look at three classical problems of environmentalism: the intrinsic value of nature, the need for an ecological worldview, and a new conception of the place of humankind in nature. He makes the case that a genuinely critical environmental philosophy must adopt an ecological materialist conception of the human, a pluralistic value theory that emphasizes the need for value prioritization, and a stratified categorial ontology that affirms the basic principle of human asymmetrical dependence on more-than-human nature. Integrating environmental ethics with the latest work in political ecology, Peterson argues it is important to understand that the world is not made for us, and that coming to terms with this fact is a condition for survival in future human and more-than-human communities of liberation and solidarity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Keith R. Peterson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colby College. His books include a translation of F. W. J. Schelling's First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature, also published by SUNY Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1438479603
• ISBN 13: 9781438479606
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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