Arne Naess and the Norwegian Nature Tradition

Arne Naess and the Norwegian Nature Tradition

AbstractThe current debate on the sources, meaning and implications of Arne Naess's Deep Ecology often refers to Spinoza, Gandhi and Socrates as the main inspirations of his vision. This essay explores the less familiar, Norwegian sources of Næss's thought and its rootedness in the Scandin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology Culture, and Ecology, 1997, Vol.1 (1), p.57-73
1. Verfasser: Witoszek, Nina
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Deep ecology
Ecophilosophy
Empiricism
Enlightenment
Human ecology
Humans
Nature
Pragmatism
Radicalism
Wisdom
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Zusammenfassung:AbstractThe current debate on the sources, meaning and implications of Arne Naess's Deep Ecology often refers to Spinoza, Gandhi and Socrates as the main inspirations of his vision. This essay explores the less familiar, Norwegian sources of Næss's thought and its rootedness in the Scandinavian Enlightenment. The context of the native tradition illuminates both the underlying central values of Deep Ecology - and its famous inconsistencies.
ISSN:1363-5247
1568-5357
1363-5247
DOI:10.1163/156853597X00218