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The Philosophy of Eco-Politics

Abstract
The catchword „ecology” can be misleading, directing attention from the crisis of our civilization to its natural consequences. Thus, it makes the defence appear as a simply technical issue or, on the contrary, as a strictly moral one, neglecting in both cases the socio-cultural context. The purpose of this book is to prove that the current world order is unsustainable not because it exceeds the limits of nature’s carrying capacity; it exceeds those limits because it is unsustainable in itself. The book consists of three chapters, whose titles refer, somewhat ironically, to Kant, the paradigmatic thinker of modernity: What can I know (when the trust in knowledge has been lost)? What must I do (and why me)? What may I hope (from politics)? It argues that politics inspired by ecological insights needs and actually has a philosophical foundation of its own, different from any of the current trends.
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Cite as:

Lányi, A. (2022). The Philosophy of Eco-Politics. Budapest: L’Harmattan Publishing House. https://doi.org/10.56037/978-2-14-031161-1

Series
Ecoethics ISSN 1786-7479
ISBN
978-2-14-031161-1
978-963-646-298-7
Luogo, data
Budapest, Paris, 2022
Keywords
eco-philosophy
environmental ethics
social theory
Type of publication
monograph
Field of science
Political theory
Philosophy, History and philosophy of science and technology
Ethics
Thema
Politics and government
Philosophy
Ethics and moral philosophy
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PHI005000
Publisher
L’Harmattan Publishing House
Co-publisher
ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kar, Humánökológia Mesterszak
Edition
First edition
Extent
152 pages
Language
Inglese
Copyright
Lányi András
L’Harmattan Publishing House
ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kar, Humánökológia Mesterszak