Ecology, Divinity, and Reason: Thinking the Divine Anew in the Midst of Ecological Crisis
Eco-feminist Val Plumwood has argued that as heirs of rationalism, the developed world has created an ecological crisis that is truly a crisis of reason. Of primary concern is the “rationalist hyper-separation of human identity from nature,” which has caused a great epistemological schism between et...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
[2020]
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Worldviews
Année: 2020, Volume: 24, Numéro: 2, Pages: 184-201 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Plumwood, Val 1939-2008
/ Écoféminisme
/ Thomas, von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274
/ Dualisme
/ Dieu
/ Être humain
/ Animaux
/ Crise environnementale
/ Changement climatique
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion NCG Éthique de la création; Éthique environnementale VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
St. Thomas Aquinas
B Epistemology B ecological ethics B Catherine Keller B Val Plumwood B Divinity B Ecological Crisis |
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| Résumé: | Eco-feminist Val Plumwood has argued that as heirs of rationalism, the developed world has created an ecological crisis that is truly a crisis of reason. Of primary concern is the “rationalist hyper-separation of human identity from nature,” which has caused a great epistemological schism between ethics and ecology. Assuming the ecological crisis is, as Plumwood argues, an epistemological crisis enflamed by the human/non-human, ethical/ecological divisions that take place in modern forms of rationalism, this essay argues that certain western interpretations of Christian divinity—particularly the notion of divinity purported by Thomas Aquinas—have historically supported hegemonic forms of rationalism and human supremacy. After showing that certain Thomist formulations of the divine have buttressed the anthropocentric elements of modern rationalism, I venture a reading of Christian divinity that is radically relational in character. This reading of the divine highlights the inseparability of the human and non-human, and begins doing so by emphasizing the intimate connection between human and non-human animality. Such a re-framing of divinity, I argue, could help bridge the human/non-human, ethical/ecological divides, complicate anthropocentric logic, and mitigate the vast eco-epistemological crisis of our day. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-20201002 |