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Ontologies of Nature - Continental Perspectives and Environmental Reorientations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Ontologies of Nature - Continental Perspectives and Environmental Reorientations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Contributions to Phenomenology, 92
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This volume contains essays that offer both historical and
contemporary views of nature, as seen through a hermeneutic,
deconstructive, and phenomenological lens. It reaches back to
Ancient Greek conceptions of physis in Homer and Empedocles,
encompasses 13th century Zen master Dogen, and extends to include
21st Century Continental Thought. By providing ontologies of nature
from the perspective of the history of philosophy and of
contemporary philosophy alike, the book shows that such
perspectives need to be seen in dialogue with each other in order
to offer a deeper and more comprehensive philosophy of nature. The
value of the historical accounts discussed lies in discerning the
conceptual problems that contribute to the dominant thinking
underpinning our ecological predicament, as well as in providing
helpful resources for thinking innovatively through current
problems, thus recasting the past to allow for a future yet to be
imagined. The book also discusses contemporary continental thinkers
who are more critically aware of the dominant anthropocentric and
instrumental view of nature, and who provide substantial guidance
for a sensible, innovative "ontology of nature" suited for an
ecology of the future. Overall, the ontologies of nature discerned
in this volume are not merely of theoretical interest, but
strategically serve to suspend anthropocentrism and spark ethical
and political reorientation in the context of our current
ecological predicament.
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