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A pioneering work of ecological philosophy that has been acclaimed
since its first publication A highly original and engaging linking
of philosophy and science and Spinoza and Einstein, resulting in a
new theory of ecological ethics Even more topical and relevant now
than its first publication Includes a substantial new Introduction
by the author
A pioneering work of ecological philosophy that has been acclaimed
since its first publication A highly original and engaging linking
of philosophy and science and Spinoza and Einstein, resulting in a
new theory of ecological ethics Even more topical and relevant now
than its first publication Includes a substantial new Introduction
by the author
What is the optimal framework for environmental reform - reform on
a scale commensurate with the global ecological crisis? In
particular, how adequate are liberal forms of parliamentary
democracy to the challenge posed by this crisis? These are the
questions pondered by the contributors to the present volume. In
their evaluations of liberalism, these authors range from qualified
defence to extensive critique, though the majority regard democracy
in some - not necessarily liberal - form as the most promising
vehicle for ecopolitics. Exploration of the possibilities of
democracy in this connection gives rise to certain common themes.
These include, firstly, that of the relation between ecological
morality and political structures of procedures: are certain
political systems more conducive than others to the flowering of an
ecological outlook, or are the moral values of citizens formed
independently of political processes? A second theme relates to the
question of the structure of decision-making and distribution of
information in political systems: are ecological interests best
served by centralised or decentralised political scenarios? The
latter question leads, in several contributions, to ideas of
'democracy without traditional boundaries', where this idea is
taken, in different ways by different authors, as a key both to
environmentalism in an age of global ecology and to the
revitalisation of democracy itself in a world of increasingly
protean constituencies and mutable, indeed soluble, boundaries.
What is the optimal political framework for environmental reform -
reform on a scale commensurate with the global ecological crisis?
How adequate are liberal forms of parliamentary democracy to face
the challenges posed? These are the questions pondered by the
contributors to this volume.
A bold and original work in ecocosmology and metaphysics. In For
Love of Matter Freya Mathews challenges basic assumptions of
Western science, modern philosophy, and environmental philosophy,
arguing that the environmental crisis is a symptom of a larger,
metaphysical crisis. Western science rests on the premise that the
world is an inert backdrop to human presence rather than a
communicative presence in its own right, one capable of dialogical
congress with us. Mathews explores the transformative effects of a
substitution of the latter, panpsychist premise for the former,
materialist one. She suggests that to exist in a dialogical
modality is to enter an expanded realm of eros in which the self
and world are mutually kindled into a larger, more incandescent
state of realization. She argues that any adequate philosophical
response to the so-called "environmental crisis" cannot be
encompassed within the minor discipline of environmental philosophy
but must instead address the full range of existential questions.
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