Arne Johan Vetlesen

The Denial of Nature (eBook, PDF)

Environmental philosophy in the era of global capitalism

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Produktbeschreibung

Designed as an accompaniment to undergraduate and postgraduate research, The Denial of Nature draws on empirically informed literature from the social sciences to examine what life is really like for humans and nature in the era of global capitalism. The book contends that capitalist society exploits nature - both in the form of human capital and natural capital - more relentlessly than any other and offers an environmental philosophy which actively opposes current developments. Through discussions of the work of Teresa Brennan, Theodor Adorno, Martin Heidegger and Hans Jonas, and through a radical critique of the nature deficit in Jürgen Habermas' theory of capitalist modernity, The Denial of Nature relies on insights from Critical Realism to bring together several, seldom-linked philosophies and suggest a new approach to the heavily-discussed question of environmental ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317906384
• Artikelnr.: 42503911

Autorenporträt

Arne Johan Vetlesen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway and the author of twenty books.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: Confronting the end of nature
Chapter 1: The foundational fantasy goes global Chapter 2: Nature deficit
in critical theory Chapter 3: Philosophizing value in nature Chapter 4:
Technology, encounter, and the dangers of abstraction Conclusion:
Revindicating panpsychism Bibliography Index