Beneath The Surface - Critical Essays In The Philosophy Of Deep Ecology - Katz Eric

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Résumé :
The philosophy of deep ecology originated in the 1970s with the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess and has since spread around the world. Its basic premises are a belief in the intrinsic value of non-human nature, a belief that ecological principles should dictate human actions and moral evaluations, an emphasis on noninterference in natural processes, and a critique of materialism and technological progress. This book approaches deep ecology as a philosophy, not as a political, social, or environmental movement. In part 1, the authors compare deep ecology's philosophical ideas with other positions and debates in environmental philosophy and to other schools of thought such as social ecology, ecofeminism, and moral pluralism. In part 2, they investigate the connections between deep ecology and other contemporary world views, such as continental philosophy, postmodernism, and non-western philosophical traditions. The first anthology on deep ecology that is not primarily the work of the movement's followers, "Beneath the Surface" offers a rigorous assessment of deep ecology's strengths and weaknesses as a philosophical position.

Biographie:
Eric Katz is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Andrew Light is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the State University of New York, Binghamton, and a Fellow of the International Center for Advanced Studies at New York University. He is coeditor of the journal " Philosophy and Geography ". David Rothenberg is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor of " The New Earth Reader : The Best of Terra Nova " (MIT Press, 1999).

Sommaire:
["Deep ecology and its critics","How wide is deep ecology ? Against the inevitability of anthropocentrism","A critique of deep green theory","Deep ecology, deep pockets, and deep problems : a feminist ecosocialist analysis","Ontological determinism and deep ecology : evading the moral questions ? In defense of deep ecology : an ecofeminist response to, a liberal critique","Callicott and Naess on pluralism","New horizons for deep ecology","No world but in things : the poetry of naesss concrete contents","Possible political problems of earth-based religiosity","The postmodernism of deep ecology, the deep ecology of postmodernism, and grand narratives","Deep ecology and desire : on Naess and the problem of consumption","Bhagavad-Gita ecosophy and deep ecology","A state of find like water : ecosophy and the Buddhist traditions","Deep ecology and its social philosophy."]