Arne Naess: A Tragic Ecosophy

Arne Naess was one of the first philosopher who try to find out a way to resolve the ecological crisis through philosophy. By analysing some of the main point of Naess‘ philosophy, the essay shows that his main interest was to legitimize the ecological movement. Philosophy becomes a political instr...

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Main Author: Ambra Troiano
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2019-05-01
Series:Ethics in Progress
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Online Access:http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/eip/article/view/19076
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spelling doaj-59e33a1ea4bb43898ceda936f9fedd562020-11-25T03:52:17ZdeuAdam Mickiewicz UniversityEthics in Progress2084-92572019-05-0110110.14746/eip.2019.1.1117762Arne Naess: A Tragic EcosophyAmbra Troiano0Università di Torino Arne Naess was one of the first philosopher who try to find out a way to resolve the ecological crisis through philosophy. By analysing some of the main point of Naess‘ philosophy, the essay shows that his main interest was to legitimize the ecological movement. Philosophy becomes a political instrument and assumes a tragical character, because it takes on an impossible project. For Naess philosophy should provide a new total view to change man‘s attitude to nature. This analysis could help us to find out some critical points of a philosophy that try to be useful in the ecological crisis. http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/eip/article/view/19076Arne NaessEcologyEcosophy
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Arne Naess: A Tragic Ecosophy
Ethics in Progress
Arne Naess
Ecology
Ecosophy
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title Arne Naess: A Tragic Ecosophy
title_short Arne Naess: A Tragic Ecosophy
title_full Arne Naess: A Tragic Ecosophy
title_fullStr Arne Naess: A Tragic Ecosophy
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publisher Adam Mickiewicz University
series Ethics in Progress
issn 2084-9257
publishDate 2019-05-01
description Arne Naess was one of the first philosopher who try to find out a way to resolve the ecological crisis through philosophy. By analysing some of the main point of Naess‘ philosophy, the essay shows that his main interest was to legitimize the ecological movement. Philosophy becomes a political instrument and assumes a tragical character, because it takes on an impossible project. For Naess philosophy should provide a new total view to change man‘s attitude to nature. This analysis could help us to find out some critical points of a philosophy that try to be useful in the ecological crisis.
topic Arne Naess
Ecology
Ecosophy
url http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/eip/article/view/19076
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