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Paul Ricoeur and Environmental Philosophy

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Paul Ricoeur and Environmental Philosophy

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Paul Ricoeur and Environmental Philosophy expands the scope of Ricoeur's philosophy, especially his hermeneutics, to issues of environmental philosophy and our contemporary environmental crisis. David Utsler argues that, although Ricoeur himself was not an environmental philosopher, his work provides frameworks to reconsider our way of being-in-the-world as it pertains to our relationship with the environment. The unprecendented environmental crisis can be thought of as the result of interpretations—bad ones—and the crisis we now face requires the task of new and creative interpretation. This book discusses the ways in which Ricoeur's hermeneutics has the potential to restructure the discourse and dialogue surrounding environmental issues, and to creatively mediate the many conflicting interpretations that call for resolution. Utsler does not claim this text to be a comprehensive application of Ricoeur's work to environmental philosophy, as he believes there is still a great deal more of Ricoeur's philosophy from which to draw to enrich the growing field of environmental hermeneutics.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: A Ricoeurian Environmental Hermeneutics
Chapter 1: Paul Ricoeur on the Ecological Crisis
Chapter 2: Environmental Identity in the Flesh: Corporeality in Environmental Selfhood
Chapter 3: Anthropocentrism vs. Non-Anthropocentrism: A Hermeneutic Alternative
Chapter 4: Fragile Earth/Fragile Humanity: Fragility and the Future
Chapter 5: The Poetics of Environmental Responsibility: Imagination and Initiative
Chapter 6: Is Interpreting Nature to Read It as a Text?
Conclusion

Product details

Published Aug 19 2024
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 140
ISBN 9781666924909
Imprint Lexington Books
Series Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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David Utsler

David Utsler teaches philosophy at North Central T…

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