Overview
- Is the first book to bring together a wide range of philosophical accounts and contemporary continental perspectives of nature
- Uncovers both obstacles to and resources for thinking innovatively through current environmental problems
- Brings together philosophers who connect theoretical ontologies of nature with practical and environmental reorientations
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 92)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Greek Philosophies of “Physis”
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The Modern Turn in Nature
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Phenomenological Thinkers on Nature
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Pre- and Post-phenomenological Thinkers on Nature
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About this book
This volume contains essays that offer both historical and contemporary views of nature, as seen through a hermeneutic, deconstructive, and phenomenological lens. It reaches back to Ancient Greek conceptions of physis in Homer and Empedocles, encompasses 13th century Zen master Dōgen, and extends to include 21st Century Continental Thought. By providing ontologies of nature from the perspective of the history of philosophy and of contemporary philosophy alike, the book shows that such perspectives need to be seen in dialogue with each other in order to offer a deeper and more comprehensive philosophy of nature. The value of the historical accounts discussed lies in discerning the conceptual problems that contribute to the dominant thinking underpinning our ecological predicament, as well as in providing helpful resources for thinking innovatively through current problems, thus recasting the past to allow for a future yet to be imagined. The book also discusses contemporary continental thinkers who are more critically aware of the dominant anthropocentric and instrumental view of nature, and who provide substantial guidance for a sensible, innovative “ontology of nature” suited for an ecology of the future. Overall, the ontologies of nature discerned in this volume are not merely of theoretical interest, but strategically serve to suspend anthropocentrism and spark ethical and political reorientation in the context of our current ecological predicament.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gerard Kuperus is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of Ecopolitical Homelessness: Defining Place in an Unsettled World (Routledge 2016), as well as numerous articles in Continental Philosophy focusing on philosophy of nature. He has held the position of Davies Professor (2015) at the University of San Francisco.
Marjolein Oele is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of a variety of articles and book chapters that intertwine Aristotle’s philosophy with topics and figures in Continental Philosophy. Her book E-Co-Affectivity is forthcoming. She currently holds the NEH Chair at the University of San Francisco (2016-2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ontologies of Nature
Book Subtitle: Continental Perspectives and Environmental Reorientations
Editors: Gerard Kuperus, Marjolein Oele
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66236-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66235-0Published: 17 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88202-4Published: 22 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66236-7Published: 04 October 2017
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 264
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature, History of Philosophy