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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.
Philosophy in the American West explores the physical, ecological,
cultural, and narrative environments associated with the western
United States, reflecting on the relationship between people and
the places that sustain them. The American West has long been
recognized as having significance. From Crevecoeur's early
observations in Letters from an American Farmer (1782), to
Thoreau's reflections in Walden (1854), to twentieth-century
thoughts on the legacy of a vanishing frontier, "the West" has
played a pivotal role in the American narrative and in the American
sense of self. But while the nature of "westernness" has been
touched on by historians, sociologists, and, especially, novelists
and poets, this collection represents the first attempt to think
philosophically about the nature of "the West" and its influence on
us. The contributors take up thinkers that have been associated
with Continental Philosophy and pair them with writers, poets, and
artists of "the West". And while this collection seeks to loosen
the cords that tie philosophy to Europe, the traditions of
"continental" philosophy-phenomenology, hermeneutics,
deconstruction, and others-offer deep resources for thinking
through the particularity of place. This book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of Philosophy, as well as those
working in Ecocriticism and the Environmental Humanities more
broadly.
While our world is characterized by mobility, global interactions,
and increasing knowledge, we are facing serious challenges
regarding the knowledge of the places around us. We understand and
navigate our surroundings by relying on advanced technologies. Yet,
a truly knowledgeable relationship to the places where we live and
visit is lacking. This book proposes that we are utterly lost and
that the loss of a sense of place has contributed to different
crises, such as the environmental crisis, the immigration crisis,
and poverty. With a rising number of environmental, political, and
economic displacements the topic of place becomes more and more
relevant and philosophy has to take up this topic in more serious
ways than it has done so far. To counteract this problem, the book
provides suggestions for how to think differently, both about
ourselves, our relationship to other people, and to the places
around us. It ends with a suggestion of how to understand ourselves
in an eco-political community, one of humans and other living
beings as well as inanimate objects. This book will be of great
interest to researchers and students of environmental ethics and
philosophy as well as those interested in the environmental
humanities more generally.
While our world is characterized by mobility, global interactions,
and increasing knowledge, we are facing serious challenges
regarding the knowledge of the places around us. We understand and
navigate our surroundings by relying on advanced technologies. Yet,
a truly knowledgeable relationship to the places where we live and
visit is lacking. This book proposes that we are utterly lost and
that the loss of a sense of place has contributed to different
crises, such as the environmental crisis, the immigration crisis,
and poverty. With a rising number of environmental, political, and
economic displacements the topic of place becomes more and more
relevant and philosophy has to take up this topic in more serious
ways than it has done so far. To counteract this problem, the book
provides suggestions for how to think differently, both about
ourselves, our relationship to other people, and to the places
around us. It ends with a suggestion of how to understand ourselves
in an eco-political community, one of humans and other living
beings as well as inanimate objects. This book will be of great
interest to researchers and students of environmental ethics and
philosophy as well as those interested in the environmental
humanities more generally.
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