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Hans Jonas’s Ethic of Responsibility
(December 2013)
From Ontology to Ecology
Theresa Morris - Author
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Articulates the fundamental importance of ontology to Hans Jonas’s environmental ethics.
Despite his tremendous impact on the German Green Party and the influence of his work on contemporary debates about stem cell research in the United States, Hans Jonas’s (1903–1993) philosophical contributions have remained partially obscured. In particular, the ontological grounding he gives his ethics, based on a phenomenolog...(Read More) |
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Elemental Philosophy
(September 2010)
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as Environmental Ideas
David Macauley - Author
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Explores the ancient and perennial notion of the four elements as environmental ideas.
Bachelard called them “the hormones of the imagination.” Hegel observed that, “through the four elements we have the elevation of sensuous ideas into thought.” Earth, air, fire, and water are explored as both philosophical ideas and environmental issues associated with their classical and perennial conceptions. David M...(Read More) |
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The Incompleat Eco-Philosopher
(January 2009)
Essays from the Edges of Environmental Ethics
Anthony Weston - Author
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Collected essays present Weston’s pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis.
This collection of germinal work in the field by Anthony Weston presents his pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis. It is a philosopher’s invitation to environmental ethics in an unexpected...(Read More) |
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Onto-Ethologies
(November 2008)
The Animal Environments of Uexknll, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze
Brett Buchanan - Author
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Examines the significance of animal environments in contemporary continental thought.
German biologist Jakob von Uexküll focused on how an animal, through its behavioral relations, both impacts and is impacted by its own unique environment. Onto-Ethologies traces the influence of Uexküll’s ideas on the thought of Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Gilles Deleuze, as they explore how animal beh...(Read More) |
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Rachel Carson
(May 2008)
Legacy and Challenge
Lisa H. Sideris - Editor
Kathleen Dean Moore - Editor
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Leading scholars explore the full range and current significance of Carson’s work.
Long before Rachel Carson would become synonymous with environmental activism, she was a nature and science writer, penning The Sense of Wonder for children, and three books about the ocean and its inhabitants—including the bestselling The Sea around Us. Based solidly on science and written in beautiful prose, Carson&rs...(Read More) |
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Understanding Gregory Bateson
(May 2008)
Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth
Noel G. Charlton - Author
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Introduction to Gregory Bateson’s unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.
Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), anthropologist, psychologist, systems thinker, student of animal communication, and insightful environmentalist, was one of the most important holistic thinkers of the twentieth century. Noel G. Charlton offers this first truly accessible introduction to Bateson’s work, distilli...(Read More) |
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Nature's Edge
(July 2007)
Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory and Practice
Charles S. Brown - Editor
Ted Toadvine - Editor
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Leading environmental thinkers investigate the complexities of boundary formation and negotiation at the heart of environmental problems.
Nature’s Edge brings together leading environmental thinkers from the natural sciences, geography, political science, religion, and philosophy to explore the complex facets of boundary formation and negotiation at the heart of our environmental problems. The contributors provide a fres...(Read More) |
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An Ontology of Trash
(February 2007)
The Disposable and Its Problematic Nature
Greg Kennedy - Author
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A philosophical exploration of the problematic nature of the disposable.
Plastic bags, newspapers, pizza boxes, razors, watches, diapers, toothbrushes … What makes a thing disposable? Which of its properties allows us to treat it as if it did not matter, or as if it actually lacked matter? Why do so many objects appear to us as nothing more than brief flashes between checkout-line and landfill?
In An Ontology of Tra...(Read More) |
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The Incarnality of Being
(July 2006)
The Earth, Animals, and the Body in Heidegger's Thought
Frank Schalow - Author
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A groundbreaking exploration of Heidegger and embodiment, from which a radical ethical perspective emerges.
The Incarnality of Being addresses Martin Heidegger’s tendency to neglect the problem of the body, an omission that is further reflected in the field of Heidegger scholarship. By addressing the corporeal dimension of human existence, author Frank Schalow uncovers Heidegger’s concern for the materiality of t...(Read More) |
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With Respect for Nature
(May 2005)
Living as Part of the Natural World
J. Claude Evans - Author
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Explores how humans can take the lives of animals and plants while maintaining a proper respect both for ecosystems and for those who live in them.
We eat, inevitably, at the expense of other living creatures. How can we take the lives of plants and animals while maintaining a proper respect for both ecosystems and the individuals who live in them—including ourselves? In this book philosopher J. Claude Evans challenges much of th...(Read More) |
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