The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization A manifesto for the future

Synopsis

The global ecological crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever had to confront, and humanity is failing. The triumph of the neo-liberal agenda, together with a debauched ‘scientism’, has reduced nature and people to nothing but raw materials, instruments and consumers to be efficiently managed in a global market dominated by corporate managers, media moguls and technocrats. The arts and the humanities have been devalued, genuine science has been crippled, and the quest for autonomy and democracy undermined. The resultant trajectory towards global ecological destruction appears inexorable, and neither governments nor environmental movements have significantly altered this, or indeed, seem able to. The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization is a wide-ranging and scholarly analysis of this failure.
This book reframes the dynamics of the debate beyond the discourses of economics, politics and techno-science. Reviving natural philosophy to align science with the humanities, it offers the categories required to reform our modes of existence and our institutions so that we augment, rather than undermine, the life of the ecosystems of which we are part. From this philosophical foundation, the author puts forth a manifesto for transforming our culture into one which could provide an effective global environmental movement and provide the foundations for a global ecological civilization.

Book details

Series:

Routledge Environmental Humanities

Author:

Arran Gare

ISBN:

9781134866137

Related ISBNs:

9781138597396, 9781138685765, 9781315543031

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Pages:

260

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

No

Date of addition:

2023-09-17

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2017

Copyright by:

Arran Gare 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Philosophy, Politics and Government