From Mastery to Mystery : A Phenomenological Foundation for an Environmental Ethic /

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From Mastery to Mystery is an original and provocative contribution to the burgeoningfield of ecophenomenology. Informed by current debates in environmental philosophy, Bannon critiques the conception of nature as?"substance" that he finds tacitly assumed by the major environmental theoris...

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Main Author: Bannon, Bryan E., 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Umweltethik
Phänomenologie
Naturphilosophie
Philosophy of nature.
Phenomenology.
Naturalness (Environmental sciences)
Environmental ethics.
Ecology > Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
phenomenology.
wilderness.
Éthique de l'environnement.
Phenomenologie.
Écologie > Philosophie.
Naturalite (Sciences de l'environnement)
Philosophie de la nature.
Wilderness
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:From Mastery to Mystery is an original and provocative contribution to the burgeoningfield of ecophenomenology. Informed by current debates in environmental philosophy, Bannon critiques the conception of nature as?"substance" that he finds tacitly assumed by the major environmental theorists. Instead, this book reconsiders the basic goals of an environmental ethic by questioning the most basic presupposition that most environmentalists accept: that nature is in need of preservation. Beginning with Bruno Latour's idea that continuing to speak of nature in the way we popularly conceive of it.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780821444696

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