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"This book offers new perspectives on environmental philosophy and intergenerational justice, drawing on Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western traditions. It is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of environmental law and policy, environmental humanities, political science, intercultural and comparative philosophy, and policymakers"--
About the author
Hiroshi Abe is Professor of Philosophy at Kyoto University, Japan. He received the Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize 2017. He has published extensively on the topics of ontology, environmental philosophy, and Japanese philosophy. He co-edited Environmental Philosophy and East Asia: Nature Time Responsibility (Routledge, 2022) with Matthias Fritsch and Mario Wenning.Matthias Fritsch is Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Canada. His previous publications include The Promise of Memory (State University of New York Press, 2005) and Taking Turns with the Earth (Stanford University Press, 2018), as well as the edited volumes Environmental Philosophy and East Asia (Routledge 2022), Eco-Deconstruction (Fordham UP, 2018) and Reason and Emancipation (Humanity Press, 2007).Mario Wenning is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Andalusia, Spain. Recent publications include the co-edited volumes The Right to Resist: Philosophies of Dissent (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Environmental Philosophy and East Asia (Routledge 2022). He has been a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Frankfurt and is a recipient of the Dao Annual Best Essay Award.
Summary
This book offers new perspectives on environmental philosophy and intergenerational justice, drawing on Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western traditions. It is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of environmental law and policy, environmental humanities, political science, intercultural and comparative philosophy, and policymakers.
Foreword
This book draws on a spectrum of philosophical cultures to provide new perspectives on environmental ethics and intergenerational justice.
