Climate Change and Philosophy

Transformational Possibilities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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This is a hugely important collection of essays that examines the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. "Climate Change and Philosophy" presents ten original essays by an international team of expert contributors, exploring the important contribution philosophical inquiry can make to contemporary debates to do with climate change and the global environment. Examining this hugely topical issue through the lens of environmental philosophy, political theory, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education and feminist theory, these essays interrogate some of the presumptions that inform modernity and our interaction with natural processes. The book asks fundamental questions about human nature and, more importantly, the concept of 'nature' itself. The conceptual frameworks presented here contribute to an understanding of the processes of change, of social transformation, and the means of adapting to the constraints that problems such as climate change pose. The book proposes a way of beginning the important task of rethinking the relationship between humanity and the natural environment.Through enquiry into the basic philosophical principles that inform modern society, each author asserts that reflection informs change and that change is both required and possible in the context of the environmental crisis facing us today. "Continuum Studies in Philosophy" presents cutting-edge scholarship in all the major areas of research and study. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from a range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-01-21
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt555 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieContinuum Studies in Philosophy
Antal sidor258
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780826440655

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Introduction; 1. Nature in the Active Voice, Val Plumwood (Australian National University, Australia); 2. Education at the End of Nature: Learning to Cope with Climate Change, Tim Luke (Virginia Tech, USA); 3. Cultural Transformation and Questions of Authenticity: Heidegger and Climate Change, Ruth Irwin (University of Auckland, New Zealand); 4. Education Against Climate Change: Information and Technological Focus Are Not Enough, Edgar Gonzalez Gaudiano (Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico); 5. Global Climate Change, Adaptation and Abatement in a Context of Risk and Vulnerability: The Challenges Facing Educational Thinking and Research, Leslie LeGrange (Stellenbosch University, South Africa); 6. Transforming Worldviews to Cope with a Changing Climate, Leo Elshof (Acadia University, Canada); 7. Climate Change, Civil Progress, and Rational Evolution, Martin Schonfeld (University of South Florida, USA); 8. Mediated Responsibilities, Global Warming and the Scope of Ethics, Robin Attfield (Cardiff University, UK); 9. Transforming Attitudes to Environmental Law in Light of Climate Change, Murray Sheard (Director of Professional Integrity Training, Tiri, UK); 10. Gender and Climate Change: An Environmental Justice Perspective, Patricia Glazebrook (Dalhousie University, Canada); Bibliography; Index.

"This thought-provoking book is about the transformation of the modern, human world in the face of climate change. The authors take the interconnections between our changing climate, the shifting realities of modernity and philosophy itself very seriously, and if it were needed this book is proof that philosophy can make a contribution to humanity's most important conversation." - James Garvey, Secretary of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and author of The Ethics of Climate Change