عنوان

'Come with Old Khayyam and Leave the Wise to Talk'

Number

LA129701

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

'Come with Old Khayyam and Leave the Wise to Talk'

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Freya Mathews

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

In the last thirty years, many ecophilosophies have come and gone. Visions of ecological reform and re-alignment have been rolling plentifully off the presses. Yet the ecological crisis, globally and at home, has only worsened. Why have ecophilosophical ideas failed to change social patterns of behaviour to any significant degree? Can theory change behaviour? Or is theory itself the problem? Is it theory which distances us from reality and thereby creates the moral gap between ourselves and the biosphere? If so, what contribution can philosophers and scholars possibly make towards an effective response to the current biosphere emergency? In the last thirty years, many ecophilosophies have come and gone. Visions of ecological reform and re-alignment have been rolling plentifully off the presses. Yet the ecological crisis, globally and at home, has only worsened. Why have ecophilosophical ideas failed to change social patterns of behaviour to any significant degree? Can theory change behaviour? Or is theory itself the problem? Is it theory which distances us from reality and thereby creates the moral gap between ourselves and the biosphere? If so, what contribution can philosophers and scholars possibly make towards an effective response to the current biosphere emergency?

Date of Publication

2017

Physical description

218-234

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

21/3

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

academic philosophy as cultural expression

Subject Term

ontopoetics

Subject Term

theory as change agent

Freya Mathews

Call Number

10.1163/15685357-02103002

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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