Paul Ricoeur and Environmental Philosophy

Paul Ricoeur and Environmental Philosophy expands the scope of Ricoeur's philosophy, especially his hermeneutics, to issues of environmental philosophy and our contemporary environmental crisis. David Utsler argues that, although Ricoeur himself was not an environmental philosopher, his work provides frameworks to reconsider our way of being-in-the-world as it pertains to our relationship with the environment. The unprecendented environmental crisis can be thought of as the result of interpretations-bad ones-and the crisis we now face requires the task of new and creative interpretation. This book discusses the ways in which Ricoeur's hermeneutics has the potential to restructure the discourse and dialogue surrounding environmental issues, and to creatively mediate the many conflicting interpretations that call for resolution. Utsler does not claim this text to be a comprehensive application of Ricoeur's work to environmental philosophy, as he believes there is still a great deal more of Ricoeur's philosophy from which to draw to enrich the growing field of environmental hermeneutics.

List of contents

Introduction: A Ricoeurian Environmental Hermeneutics
Chapter 1: Paul Ricoeur on the Ecological Crisis
Chapter 2: Environmental Identity in the Flesh: Corporeality in Environmental Selfhood
Chapter 3: Anthropocentrism vs. Non-Anthropocentrism: A Hermeneutic Alternative
Chapter 4: Fragile Earth/Fragile Humanity: Fragility and the Future
Chapter 5: The Poetics of Environmental Responsibility: Imagination and Initiative
Chapter 6: Is Interpreting Nature to Read It as a Text?
Conclusion

About the author

By David Utsler

Product details

• Authors: David Utsler, Utsler David
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2024
• EAN: 9781666924893
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-489-3
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Translation & interpretation, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Translation and interpretation, PHILOSOPHY / Environmental