Interpreting Nature - The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics

This collection of essays examines the various intersections between philosophical hermeneutics and environmental philosophy. Adopting a broad and inclusive understanding of our relation with the environment, it investigates a number of important topics for contemporary environmental thought, including the self, history, ethics, culture, and narrative.

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About the author

Brian Treanor is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of Aspects of Alterity (Fordham, 2006) and Emplotting Virtue (SUNY Press, 2014), and the coeditor of A Passion for the Possible (Fordham University Press, 2010), Interpreting Nature (Fordham University Press, 2013), and Being-in-Creation (Fordham University Press, 2015). Current projects include the development of an "earthy" hermeneutics, and a monograph on the experience of joy.

Summary

This collection of essays examines the various intersections between philosophical hermeneutics and environmental philosophy. Adopting a broad and inclusive understanding of our relation with the environment, it investigates a number of important topics for contemporary environmental thought, including the self, history, ethics, culture, and narrative.

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• Authors: Dr Forrest Clingerman, Dr Forrest Treanor Clingerman, Forrest (EDT)/ Treanor Clingerman, Martin Drenthen, Brian Treanor, Brian Drenthen Treanor, David Utsler
• Assisted by: Forrest Clingerman (Editor), Martin Drenthen (Editor), Brian Treanor (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780823254255
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5425-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Groundworks: Ecological Issues; Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology; Groundworks: Ecological Issues; Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science