Gaia and the Anthropocene; or, The Return of Teleology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11049838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Damiano Bondi (0000-0001-8712-7044, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2015 |
| Issue | 172 |
| Pages | 125-137 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0915172125 |
| OpenAlex | W2588844630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Gaia hypothesis was formulated for the first time in 1979 by the British biologist James Lovelock. According to this conception, the Earth should be seen as a macro-organism whose purpose is to keep constant the basic ecological conditions that are necessary for the presence of life on the planet's surface. However, often with the support of Lovelock himself, this scientific hypothesis has gone beyond its limits, transforming itself into a sort of anti-humanistic pseudo-religion. The Earth becomes a kind of divinity (Gaia) with a purposive will. This process of "personification" is quite paradoxical: Nature acquires features that are denied
Anthropocene · Divinity · Earth (classical element · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Physics · Sociology · Teleology · Theology · Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |