J. Baird Callicott'searth insights∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4967176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tyler Veak (Liberty University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 127-139 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capitalism Nature Socialism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5752 • E-ISSN: 1548-3290 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10455759909358889 |
| OpenAlex | W1996347132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
one the leading authors in the field of environmental ethics, has recently examined non-western attitudes toward nature, and suggested a conception of how these different attitudes might fit under the umbrella of a global environmental ethic.Central to Callicott's effort is his appropriation of what he calls the new "postmodern" sciences.According to Callicott, the postmodern scientific worldview, which is based on the new sciences of relativity physics and ecology, is slowly replacing the mechanistic paradigm.He claims that "One might therefore envision a single cross-cultural environmental ethic based on ecology and the new physics and expressed in the cognitive lingua franca of contemporary science" (12), and that the "Indigenous worldviews around the globe can contribute a fund of symbols, images, metaphors, similes, analogies, stories, and myths to advance the process of articulating the new postmodern scientific worldview" (192).In sum, Callicott argues that non-western sources provide fresh ways of articulating the "new science," and thereby become "cocreators" of a universal worldview based on western science and augmented by nonwestern worldviews (Ibid).Callicott justifies this "multicultural" approach to ecocrisis through his conception of humanity; that is, humans are both "unified" in terms of species and "diversified" in terms of culture (5).A comparative approach to environmental ethics
Astrobiology · Astronomy · Earth (classical element · Physics · Geology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |