In the past few decades, it has become clear that the Western world's relation to nature has led to environmental degradation so wide-ranging that it threatens the existence of human civilizations as we have come to know them. The onset of anthropogenic climate change and the increasing threats of resource depletions are the most obvious signs of an environmental crisis. This book attempts to examine the metaphysical underpinnings of our current environmental crisis, thereby viewing it from a philosophical perspective. Using Martin Heidegger's writings on the history of being as its lynchpin, it examines how humans have come to view nature as a giant array of mere resources to be maximally exploited. Following Heidegger, Casey Rentmeester argues that this understanding of nature is rooted in the understanding of what it means to be that came about in ancient Greece. Rentmeester then utilizes elements of Heidegger's post-metaphysical later philosophy and aspects of early philosophical Daoism to create an alternative way to think about the relation between humans and nature that is environmentally sustainable.
| ISBN: | 9781783482320 |
| Publication date: | 16th December 2015 |
| Author: | Casey Rentmeester |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 150 pages |
| Series: | New Heidegger Research |
| Genres: |
Phenomenology and Existentialism Ethics and moral philosophy East Asian and Indian philosophy |
In the past few decades, it has become clear that the Western world's relation to nature has led to environmental degradation so wide-ranging that it threatens the existence of human civilizations as we have come to know them. The onset of anthropogenic climate change and the increasing threats of resource depletions are the most obvious signs of an environmental crisis. This book attempts to examine the metaphysical underpinnings of our current environmental crisis, thereby viewing it from a philosophical perspective. Using Martin Heidegger's writings on the history of being as its lynchpin, it examines how humans have come to view nature as a giant array of mere resources to be maximally exploited. Following Heidegger, Casey Rentmeester argues that this understanding of nature is rooted in the understanding of what it means to be that came about in ancient Greece. Rentmeester then utilizes elements of Heidegger's post-metaphysical later philosophy and aspects of early philosophical Daoism to create an alternative way to think about the relation between humans and nature that is environmentally sustainable.
Heidegger and the Environment features in the following genres: Phenomenology and Existentialism, Ethics and moral philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy
Heidegger and the Environment is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
Heidegger and the Environment was written by Casey Rentmeester and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Heidegger and the Environment has 150 pages
Yes it is part of New Heidegger Research series
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