Ecological Reasonings

By (author) Kilian Jörg

ISBN13: 9781350372115

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Published: 14/11/2024

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What role does ‘reason’ have in tackling the catastrophic ecological situation of the early 21st-century? Can the concept shrug off its problematic role in Western epistemology and find a new place and function in dealing with the Anthropocene? In Ecological Reasonings, Kilian Jörg argues that we ignore reason at our peril. This book revolves around the idea that in order to salvage reason, we must include it in the current move to pluralize the key concepts of Western philosophy – where we once talked of nature, science and technology, we now talk about natures, sciences, and technologies. In the same way, it is time to reconceptualize reason as reasonings – a diverse and multi-perspectival wealth of interactions that can create a vital alternative to the mainstream academic thought. Drawing on a broad span of theoretical traditions including new materialism, eco-feminism, embodied performance and speculative philosophy, Jörg weaves countless voices and aspects together to demonstrate the rich texture of his pluralized vision. The impact of these new reasonings on the pressing challenges of our time can be seen in the sheer scope of these elements, from the role of artificial intelligence to the post-truth society and how science can shape our own self-understanding.
Preface Part I: Introduction 1. A Pluralization of Reason to make ecological reasoning(s) thinkable – Methodical 2. Nietzsche as an early case example of a thinker of ecological reason(s) Part II : Problems & Critique 3. Critiques of Reason 4. How does critique matter? Part III : Emergence & Pluralization 5. Re-examining classics – Making do in the ruins of Reason 6. Resilience of Reason Part IV : Affirmation 7. Provincializing Reason - Ecological Reasonings in intercultural cross-examination202 8. Ecological reasonings & corporeality 9. Ecological reasonings in the sciences 10. Ecological Reason(ing)(s) Part V : Consequences 11. Ecological reasonings & the digital 12. Ecological reason & the political 13. Ecological reasonings & the arts Bibliography
  • Social & political philosophy
  • Environmentalist thought & ideology
  • Professional & Vocational
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