Charles Taylor's ecological conversations : politics, commonalities and the natural environment / Glen Lehman, Associate Professor, University of South Australia.

• Basic issues in Taylor's philosophy -- Taylor's interpretivism, knowledge and the natural environment -- Taylor's interpretivism, social imaginaries and the natural environment -- Taylor's metaphysics, Merleau-Ponty and the natural environment -- Taylor's environmentalism and critique of utilitarianism and instrumental reason -- Taylor's critique of instrumentalism, liberalism and procedure in politics -- Interpretation, language and environmental values : the Habermas and Taylor debate -- Critical perspectives : the Taylor-Rorty debate -- Taylor and deep ecology -- Critical environmentalism : Marx to Taylor's interpretivism.

• "Central to the argument of the book are Charles Taylor's perspectives on authenticity and expressivism, which the author reads as a radical reworking of our understanding of being in the world and a starting point for rethinking the way individuals and communities ought to be dealing politically with ecological crises. Glen Lehman uses Taylor's work on liberalism, interpretivism and socialism to construct a bridge between democratic, ethical and ecological perspectives. The bridge developed involves a fusion between liberal and interpretivist ideas, establishing a common ground through which different values are addressed. Such a fusion of perspectives acts in a spirit that moderates the dominant anthropocentric attitude toward the natural environment"--From publisher's website.

Ämnesord

Politiska och sociala åsikter  (sao)

Människans påverkan på naturen  (sao)

Miljörörelser  -- teori, filosofi (sao)

Miljörörelser  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Common good.  (LCSH)

Authenticity (Philosophy)  (LCSH)

Expressivism (Ethics)  (LCSH)

Environmental ethics.  (LCSH)

Environmentalism  -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

Environmentalism  -- Political aspects. (LCSH)

Nature  -- Effect of human beings on -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

Deep ecology  -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

Democracy  -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

Authenticity (Philosophy)  (fast)

Common good.  (fast)

Environmental ethics.  (fast)

Expressivism (Ethics)  (fast)

Political and social views.  (fast)

Deep ecology  -- Philosophy. (fast)

Democracy  -- Philosophy. (fast)

Environmentalism  -- Philosophy. (fast)

Environmentalism  -- Political aspects. (fast)

Nature  -- Effect of human beings on -- Philosophy. (fast)

Personnamn

Taylor, Charles, 1931-

Taylor, Charles, 1931-

Publikations- och innehållstyp

GE195 (LCC)

304.201 (DDC)

Uhb (kssb/8 (machine generated))