Environmental Hermeneutics in the Anthropocene: Nature and the Conflict of Interpretations (1) (Routledge Environmental Humanities)

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Environmental Hermeneutics in the Anthropocene is a diverse collection of essays that approach contemporary environmental problems with the tools and perspectives provided by the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics, advanced by philosophers such as Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Paul Ricoeur. Engaging both established and new voices, this book presents a significant contribution to the field by expanding the scope of philosophical hermeneutics to environmental issues. It addresses a broad scope of environmental topics such as the Anthropocene, climate change, degrowth, environmental justice, the limits of language in understanding nature, and environmental aesthetics in environmental practice. Together, the chapters show the crisis of regional and global environmental problems to be in part a crisis of interpretation. The ways that human beings understand their relationship to environments shape and determine how to act and live within places. Yet the values and ideals that different people have about their lived environments often come into conflict. Thus hermeneutics plays an important role in environmental discourse: it helps adjudicate these conflicting understandings. This collection of essays demonstrates the unique way that environmental hermeneutics can be employed to understand environments in this age of the Anthropocene. It will appeal to researchers and upper-level students in environmental humanities, environmental studies, ethics and philosophy.
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2026

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Book Size:
278 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040439630
Related ISBNs:
9781003529262, 9781032863740, 9781040439586
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Taylor & Francis
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selection and editorial matter, David Utsler, Forrest Clingerman, and Brian Treanor
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Religion and Spirituality, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
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Edited by:
David Utsler
Edited by:
Forrest Clingerman
Edited by:
Brian Treanor

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