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Philosophy as Practice in the Ecological Emergency - An Exploration of Urgent Matters (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Philosophy as Practice in the Ecological Emergency - An Exploration of Urgent Matters (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series
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This book argues that philosophy is as practical as plumbing and
what we need right now is what philosophers can offer as
philosophers to help us all, our species, and beyond, through this
ecological emergency, this climate change, this anthropocene. This
book is about the meaning and purpose of philosophy as a way of, a
practice of, responding to the ecological emergency, which includes
climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, habitat destruction,
and all the associated impacts that fragment, and threaten to
create collapse, among the systems that created and sustain us.
There are the related economic and social impacts, the
fragmentation of communities and political ideologies through
attitude polarisation, and the increasing threats to systems by
those who seek to promote further exploitation at the expense of
attempts to regain some system of cooperation and an attitude of
compassion which is at the heart of our survival strategies as a
species. Philosophy has always sought to address questions related
both to our place in the universe, and to how to live, given our
understanding of our place. Those of us committed to a
philosophical life have used a range of metaphors and narratives to
enlighten, and to exhort to action, those who would seek to
understand what to do, how, and why. Philosophy has played a key
role in helping us as a species to respond to the ecological
emergency. What, then, is the practice of philosophy, given that
we're in an ecological emergency? This question is the thread, and
it forms the framework for the dialogue that runs through the book.
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