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The philosophical roots of the ecological crisis : Descartes and the modern worldview / by Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kureethadam, Joshtrom Isaac, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
- Descartes, René.
- Ecology--Philosophy.
- Ecology.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- The Philosophical Roots of the Ecological Crisis: Descartes and the Modern Worldview traces the conceptual sources of the present environmental degradation within the worldview of Modernity, and particularly within the thought of René Descartes, universally acclaimed as the father of modern philosophy. The book demonstrates how the triple foundations of the Modern worldview - in terms of an exaggerated anthropocentrism, a mechanistic conception of the natural world, and the metaphysical dualism between humanity and the rest of the physical world - can all be largely traced back to Cartesian thought, with direct ecological consequences.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-1299-1
- OCLC:
- 1044734568
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