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"An Ecological Politics of Everyday Life:

LA129493

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"An Ecological Politics of Everyday Life:

[Article]

Placing Flesh on Whiteheads Process Philosophy in Search of "Green" Possibilities"

Michael Carolan

Leiden

Brill

"This paper highlights the significance of embodied, non-representational knowledge for understanding nature as a process (rather than a state). It begins by discussing Alfred North Whitehead's "first philosophy", out of which arises his profoundly original process ontology. Working from this alternative ontology, the paper then extends these insights "up" to the realms of knowledge, practice, and the corporeal poetics of everyday life. In doing this, discussion centers on what the author refers to as an ecological politics of everyday life. The paper concludes by briefly discussing a case where such a politics of the flesh is already underway. This paper highlights the significance of embodied, non-representational knowledge for understanding nature as a process (rather than a state). It begins by discussing Alfred North Whitehead's "first philosophy", out of which arises his profoundly original process ontology. Working from this alternative ontology, the paper then extends these insights "up" to the realms of knowledge, practice, and the corporeal poetics of everyday life. In doing this, discussion centers on what the author refers to as an ecological politics of everyday life. The paper concludes by briefly discussing a case where such a politics of the flesh is already underway."

2008

51-73

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

12/1

1568-5357

ENVIRONMENT

KNOWLEDGE

MERLEAU-PONTY

PHILOSOPHY OF ORGANISM

SCIENCE

WHITEHEAD

Michael Carolan

10.1163/156853508X276833

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[Article]

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