Two Pillars of the Human Relationship to Nature - Inlibra

Summary

How can the fundamental yet often ambivalent elements of modernity – capitalism, science and technology – be reconsidered from a philosophical perspective? Linking contemporary environmental debates with the philosophy of modernity and deep historical perspectives from anthropology, V. P. J. Arponen presents a wide-ranging discussion of the past, present, and future of the human relationship to nature in a changing world. His guiding thread is the possibility of a value orientation that charts a course between the excesses of reductive economic materialism and constructivist culturalism, recentring on the human capability to live active, meaningful lives.

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-8219-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-7806-6
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Philosophie – Aufklärung – Kritik
Volume: 22
Language: English
Pages: 223
Product Type: Monograph

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Frontmatter Full access Pages 1 - 6 Download chapter (PDF)
Preface of the Author Full access Pages 7 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
Introduction No access Pages 9 - 17
1. The Spirit of Capitalism No access Pages 19 - 95
2. The Mechanical Worldview No access Pages 97 - 158
3. A New Anthropocentrism? No access Pages 159 - 185
Bibliography No access Pages 187 - 218

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