Toward an Ecological Civilization: The Science, Ethics, and Politics of Eco-Poiesis
Chinese environmentalists have called for an ecohgical civilization. To promote this, ecology is defended as the core science embodying process met physics, and it is argued that as such ecology can serve as thefoundation of such a civilization. Integrating hierarchy theory andPeircian semiotics int...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2010
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Process studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-38 |
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| Summary: | Chinese environmentalists have called for an ecohgical civilization. To promote this, ecology is defended as the core science embodying process met physics, and it is argued that as such ecology can serve as thefoundation of such a civilization. Integrating hierarchy theory andPeircian semiotics into this science it is shown how "community" and "communities of communities," in which com munities are defined by their organization to promote the common good of their components, have to be recognized as central concepts not only of ecology, but life itself. This perspective is used to defend Lovehcks "Gaia" hypothesis and th call ofPrugh, Costanza, and Daly for strong democracy. An ethics and political philosophy is sketched based on "eco-poiesis" or "home-making," which is equa with augmenting the life of communities, both human and non-human. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/44799091 |