On letting go
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13005886 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Foster (0000-0002-2601-1539, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 171-187 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Discourse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-7897 • E-ISSN: 2326-9995 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23269995.2017.1300442 |
| OpenAlex | W2606000922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Massively disruptive climate change, now inevitable, is the worst tragedy which human beings have yet brought on themselves. It is tragic in the full classical sense – a disaster entailed on the protagonist (here, humanity) by destructive weaknesses inherent in crucial strengths and virtues. There is thus no way of avoiding it by picking and choosing among our values, and its effects can neither be compensated for nor mitigated by prospective gains to offset against anticipated losses. But once we have discarded a strained and wilful last-ditch optimism, and recognised that we are not in control, we will still need to find genuine hope if we are to have any chance of coming through. This requires us to embrace the transformative power of tragic experience, letting go of values which we may hitherto have regarded as sacrosanct and welcoming the creative destruction of current assumptions and expectations as an affirmation of life
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanity · Law and economics · Optimism · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Tragedy (event · Transformative learning · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Philosophy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Elbow room
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
From The Birth of Tragedy (1872)
Climate Change as Social Drama
Why We Disagree about Climate Change
On preparing for the great gift of community that climate disasters can give us
Transformation, adaptation and universalism
Are There Universal Aspects in the Structure and Contents of Human Values
Ethics Without Principles
The world as will and representation
Planetary Boundaries
Values and their Relationship to Environmental Concern and Conservation Behavior
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |