Charles Taylor's Ecological Conversations [recurso electrónico] : Politics, Commonalities and the Natural Environment

The author uses the work of the eminent Canadian philosopher, Charles Taylor, to develop a critique of those political perspectives that are based on instrumental ways to reason about the world, claiming that such perspectives invariably sever the connections between the social and natural worlds. "Cover"--"Half-Title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedicate" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Part I" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 Basic Issues in Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Philosophy" -- "3 Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Interpretivism, Knowledge and the Natural Environment" -- "4 Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Interpretivism, Social Imaginaries and the Natural Environment" -- "5 Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Metaphysics, Merleau-Ponty and the Natural Environment" -- "Part II" -- "6 Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Environmentalism and Critique of Utilitarianism and Instrumental Reason" -- "7 Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Critique of Instrumentalism, Liberalism and Procedure in Politics" -- "8 Interpretation, Language and Environmental Values: The Habermas and Taylor Debate" -- "9 Critical Perspectives: The Taylorâ#x80;#x93;Rorty Debate" -- "10 Taylor and Deep Ecology" -- "11 Taylorâ#x80;#x99;s Evaluative Framework and Critical Perspectives" -- "12 Conclusion" -- "Notes." Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-5 Basic Issues in Taylor’s Philosophy....Pages 6-18 Taylor’s Interpretivism, Knowledge and the Natural Environment....Pages 19-29 Taylor’s Interpretivism, Social Imaginaries and the Natural Environment....Pages 30-41 Taylor’s Metaphysics, Merleau-Ponty and the Natural Environment....Pages 42-54 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Taylor’s Environmentalism and Critique of Utilitarianism and Instrumental Reason....Pages 57-72 Taylor’s Critique of Instrumentalism, Liberalism and Procedure in Politics....Pages 73-89 Interpretation, Language and Environmental Values: The Habermas and Taylor Debate....Pages 90-112 Critical Perspectives: The Taylor-Rorty Debate....Pages 113-132 Taylor and Deep Ecology....Pages 133-144 Taylor’s Evaluative Framework and Critical Perspectives....Pages 145-159 Conclusion....Pages 160-166 Back Matter....Pages 167-201 "Central to the argument of the book are Charles Taylor's perspectives on authenticity and expressivism, which the author reads as a radical reworking of our understanding of being in the world and a starting point for rethinking the way individuals and communities ought to be dealing politically with ecological crises. Glen Lehman uses Taylor's work on liberalism, interpretivism and socialism to construct a bridge between democratic, ethical and ecological perspectives. The bridge developed involves a fusion between liberal and interpretivist ideas, establishing a common ground through which different values are addressed. Such a fusion of perspectives acts in a spirit that moderates the dominant anthropocentric attitude toward the natural environment"--Publisher's website