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OverviewFrom Mastery to Mystery is an original and provocative contribution to the burgeoning field of ecophenomenology. Informed by current debates in environmental philosophy, Bannon critiques the conception of nature as ?u201csubstanceu201d that he finds tacitly assumed by the major environmental theorists. Instead, this book reconsiders the basic goals of an environmental ethic by questioning the most basic presupposition that most environmentalists accept: that nature is in need of preservation. Beginning with Bruno Latour's idea that continuing to speak of nature in the way we popularly conceive of it is ethically and politically disastrous, this book describes a way in which the concept of nature can retain its importance in our discussion of the contemporary state of the environment. Based upon insights from the phenomenological tradition, specifically the work of Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the concept of nature developed in the book preserves the best antihumanistic intuitions of environmentalists without relying on either a reductionistic understanding of nature and the sciences or dualistic metaphysical constructions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bryan Edward BannonPublisher: Ohio University Press Imprint: Ohio University Press Volume: 46 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780821420638ISBN 10: 0821420631 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 15 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents* Acknowledgments * Abbreviations * Introduction The Question of Nature * 1 The Promise of a Common World * i. Nature and the Modern World * ii. Rejecting Naturpolitik * iii. Re-collecting the Pluriverse into a Common World * iv. Conclusion * 2 Science, Technology, and the Closure of Nature * i. Phenomenology and Subjectivism * ii. The Twofold Essence of Physis at the Inception of Philosophy * iii. The Rise of Technology and the Devastation of the Earth * iv. Conclusion * 3 The Opening of the Earth * i. Deciding against the System of Nature * ii. Ereignis and the Restoration of Nature * iii. Conclusion * 4 Merleau-Ponty and Nature as the Common World * i. The Behavior of Nature * ii. Reading the Prose of the World * iii. The Flesh of Nature * iv. A Prospect from within Nature * v. The Dialectic of Nature and History * vi. Conclusion * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * IndexReviewsAuthor InformationBryan E. Bannon is an associate professor of philosophy at Merrimack College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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