Therefore his philosophy can be understood
as a deep ecology.
Whitehead's philosophy can be understood
as a deep ecology.
The Encounter with Deep Ecology Whitehead's philosophy can be understood
as a deep ecology.
Not exact matches
Deep ecology is really deep pessimism: How could beings such as ourselves ever show the discipline required to sustain oursel
Deep ecology is really
deep pessimism: How could beings such as ourselves ever show the discipline required to sustain oursel
deep pessimism: How could beings such
as ourselves ever show the discipline required to sustain ourselves?
Yet there are also some urgent truths that are being badly mangled in the confused agitations of radical environmentalism or,
as it is called,
deep ecology.
From
deep ecology we learn both to affirm our kinship with fellow creatures and to allow evolutionary history — past, present, and future — to serve
as a frame of reference through which we understand ourselves.
By contrast «
deep» environmentalism — that is,
deep ecology — adopts a cooperative perspective, believing that human beings are inseparable from that web of life of which they are a part, and that other members of the web are equally
as valuable
as humans.
Can they develop theologies of
ecology that affirm the intrinsic value of all life,
as do the
deep ecologists and most others within environmental philosophy, and that also affirm the care of a compassionate God for the poor and oppressed,
as do prophetic biblical traditions?
As Cobb points out there is only one other ecological worldview and that is
deep ecology, based on the writings of the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess (1989)
It is certainly not the interpretation that leads him personally to draw on Spinoza
as his grounding for
deep ecology («Encouraging» 55 - 57).
This is surely correct, and it is a point central to
deep ecology that has not been made
as vividly or consistently by Whiteheadians.
Thus the recognition of the subjectivity of every actual entity,
as well
as its derivation of value from others, is an essential part of what would be for us «
deep»
ecology.
Deep ecology finds value, not so much in the individual
as in the system, be it an ecosystem or the biosphere
as a whole, each with its «interests» in self - maintenance.
Recent findings emphasize the importance of investigating members of the archaeal domain of life in order to obtain a more comprehensive view of microbial
ecology, symbiosis, and metabolic interdependencies involving archaeal partners, and of evolution of life on Earth in regard to the
deep roots of archaea
as well
as our microbial ancestry.
Working with white wood glue and multi-coloured inks, where their flows on her canvases are directed by gravity and the nature of the materials
as much
as by the artist's own hand, she opens her process up not just for scrutiny but for
deep engagement with the audience and with the political and social
ecology of the world around her.
Naess defined the shallow
ecology movement, which he says is more influential than the
deep ecology movement,
as «Fight against pollution and resource depletion.
as their guiding philosophy, but
deep ecology may have reached its greatest popular prominence when Senator Al Gore wrote in his 1989 book «Earth in the Balance» that, «We must change the fundamental values at the heart of our civilization» in order to solve global environmental problems.
In recent years, a number of integrative disciplines — systems science, resilience science, ecosystem health, ethnoecology,
deep ecology, Gaia Theory, and others — have sought ways to advance our understanding of the relationships between people and nature, incorporating insights from both the biological and social sciences
as well
as Indigenous knowledge.