Humans and Their Environment, Beyond the Nature/Culture Opposition - Couverture souple

Livre 1 sur 2: Environmental Humanities

Calame, Claude

 
9781801351843: Humans and Their Environment, Beyond the Nature/Culture Opposition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1801351848 ISBN 13 : 9781801351843
Editeur : Transnational Press London, 2023

Synopsis

The modern concept of « nature » appeared during the XVIIth Century: nature as a mechanical object to be submitted to the reason of man. A long tradition refers to the modern concept of nature to the Greek phusis. Actually, phusis refers to a dynamic process, and it engages in criticizing the modern paradigm of nature as opposed to culture.
As it is, the principle of domination and of the exploitation by man of what we consider as nature is at the heart of the ideological, economic and financial model imposed by neoliberal capitalism. Based on growth, this model shapes and destroys the communities of humans as well as the environment on which they rely and from which they live.
The climatic urgency, as well as the limited capacity of resources of the earth, require a transition towards an ecosocialism for another world. The anthropological confrontation with the Greek phusis invites us to a break with capitalism based on a large and rash use of technologies and aiming just the financial profit. The result is a destroying productivism. Instead, we have to take into account, in their complexity, the interactions between the societies of the men, their technical practices and their environment. The survival of the ones and of the others are at stake. In sum, nature is culture.

Preface to the English Edition. 3
Introduction. 9
Between Nature and Culture. 15
I. Humans and Their Milieu in Ancient Greece. 19
II. From the Enlightenment Philosophers to Modern Anthropologists 37
III. Beyond Anthropological Determinisms: Permeabilities 47
IV. The Human Being and its Environment: Interactive Relationships 57
V. For an Ecosocialist Understanding of Humans and their Milieu. 65

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Éditeur
Transnational Press London
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1801351848
ISBN 13 
9781801351843
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
101
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