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Transition to sustainability is stuck and academic research has not
resulted in significant change so far. A large void in
sustainability research and the understanding of sustainable
development is an important reason for this. Personal
Sustainability seeks to address this void, opening up a whole
cosmos of sustainable development that has so far been largely
unexplored. Mainstream academic, economic and political sustainable
development concepts and efforts draw on the macro level and tend
to address external, collective and global processes. By contrast,
the human, individual, intra- and inter-personal aspects on the
micro level are often left unaddressed. The authors of Personal
Sustainability invite the reader on a self-reflecting journey into
this unexplored inner cosmos of sustainable development, focusing
on subjective, mental, emotional, bodily, spiritual and cultural
aspects. Although these are intrinsically human aspects they have
been systematically ignored by academia. To establish this new
field in sustainability research means to leave the common
scientific paths and expand the horizon. Together with authors from
cultural studies, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, sociology,
psychiatry, aesthetics and economics, and supported by
contributions from practitioners, this book portrays different
approaches to personal sustainability and reflects on their
potentials and pitfalls, paving the way to cultures of
sustainability. This book will be of great interest to researchers
and students in the field of sustainability and sustainable
development, as well as researchers from philosophy, anthropology,
psychology, sociology, cultural studies, ethnology, educational
research, didactics, aesthetics, economics, business and public
administration.
Transition to sustainability is stuck and academic research has not
resulted in significant change so far. A large void in
sustainability research and the understanding of sustainable
development is an important reason for this. Personal
Sustainability seeks to address this void, opening up a whole
cosmos of sustainable development that has so far been largely
unexplored. Mainstream academic, economic and political sustainable
development concepts and efforts draw on the macro level and tend
to address external, collective and global processes. By contrast,
the human, individual, intra- and inter-personal aspects on the
micro level are often left unaddressed. The authors of Personal
Sustainability invite the reader on a self-reflecting journey into
this unexplored inner cosmos of sustainable development, focusing
on subjective, mental, emotional, bodily, spiritual and cultural
aspects. Although these are intrinsically human aspects they have
been systematically ignored by academia. To establish this new
field in sustainability research means to leave the common
scientific paths and expand the horizon. Together with authors from
cultural studies, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, sociology,
psychiatry, aesthetics and economics, and supported by
contributions from practitioners, this book portrays different
approaches to personal sustainability and reflects on their
potentials and pitfalls, paving the way to cultures of
sustainability. This book will be of great interest to researchers
and students in the field of sustainability and sustainable
development, as well as researchers from philosophy, anthropology,
psychology, sociology, cultural studies, ethnology, educational
research, didactics, aesthetics, economics, business and public
administration.
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