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The Routledge Handbook of Eco-Phenomenology

Beschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Eco-Phenomenology is a comprehensive exploration of how we, as humans, interact with and perceive the natural world. Spanning seven thematic sections, this wide-ranging collection gathers contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, theology, anthropology, literature, music studies, and environmental thought. Together, over thirty chapters offer fresh perspectives on how we inhabit a more-than-human world. At the heart of this volume is the dynamic intersection of phenomenology-a philosophical tradition attentive to embodied experience-and environmental ethics, inviting readers to rethink assumptions about activism, passivity, and ecological responsibility. Rather than advancing a unified doctrine, the chapters explore eco-phenomenology as a field of ongoing tension and dialogue, attentive to receptivity, perception, and the ethical demands of a world that exceeds us. Key themes include re-evaluations of human embodiment in relation to nature, the role of perception in understanding our ecological entanglements, and cultural attitudes that challenge human exceptionalism. Literary explorations and reflections on music deepen the inquiry, showing how the arts open distinct pathways of attunement to the environment. The volume culminates in critical dialogues between eco-phenomenology and other intellectual traditions, including posthumanism, Indigenous cosmologies, and enactivism. More than an academic survey, this handbook is an invitation to rethink environmental engagement as a mode of being rooted in care, vulnerability, and attentiveness to the Earth as our shared home. It is essential reading for scholars, researchers, and students in philosophy, environmental studies, anthropology, literature, and the arts.

Autor

Michael T. Heneise is Associate Professor at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. His research explores dreams, cosmology, and human-nonhuman relations in Highland Asia and the Andes. He co-founded the Highland Institute and edits HIMALAYA, focusing on ecophenomenology, Indigenous epistemologies, and decolonial approaches to religion and healing. Cassandra Falke is Professor of English Literature and leader of the Interdisciplinary Phenomenology group at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. She has written two monographs, fifty articles and chapters and has co/edited five collections. Her work has received support from Fulbright, the NEH, the NOS-HS, and Cornell University. Espen Dahl is Professor of Systematic Theology at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. He writes on phenomenological approaches to religious experience, holiness, aesthetics, evil, nature, and the body. His most recent book is Incarnation, Pain, Theology: A Phenomenology of the Body (2024). Alice Sundman holds a PhD in English literature from Stockholm University. Her current research focuses on literary imaginings of water in climate-changed future worlds. Her monograph Toni Morrison and the Writing of Place (Routledge 2022) explores the creation and presentation of Toni Morrison's literary places. Edvard Lia is a PhD Fellow at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, working on a dissertation titled The Phenomenon of Breath: An Existential Interpretation of Respiratory Facts with Hans Jonas as the primary philosophical interlocutor. His other general research interests include the phenomenological tradition, Hegel's philosophy, and eco-Marxism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032881805
• ISBN-10: 1032881801
• Artikelnr.: 75128443