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Postmodernism and the Environmental Crisis
Gare has produced one of the first books to combine cultural theory and environmental philosophy. He critiques the current philosophies of the environmental movement and suggests his own controversial theory of a new postmodern worldview
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204 pages, Paperback
First published July 6, 1995
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April 13, 2011
very confused but also provocative, perhaps its sole redeeming value
- but what a redeeming value!
I like the idea of flows, structures as relatively slower flows, and the concept of emergence as ontological metaphors (while I retain my poststructuralist sensitivities). As some cultures (Tonga?) think stones are alive, they whither in time - and recombine in other objects (a spiritually powerful idea itself), so too can (human) evolution be seen in such terms. I like the idea, by Richard Dawkins (I don't like him much otherwise), that the planet has grown a nervous system: humanity, its emergent property, a global consciousness. Now does this not make you want to take care of the earth, our global body?
- but what a redeeming value!
I like the idea of flows, structures as relatively slower flows, and the concept of emergence as ontological metaphors (while I retain my poststructuralist sensitivities). As some cultures (Tonga?) think stones are alive, they whither in time - and recombine in other objects (a spiritually powerful idea itself), so too can (human) evolution be seen in such terms. I like the idea, by Richard Dawkins (I don't like him much otherwise), that the planet has grown a nervous system: humanity, its emergent property, a global consciousness. Now does this not make you want to take care of the earth, our global body?
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