- Dept. of Philosophy
Penn State University, Brandywine
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
David Macauley
Penn State University, Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Faculty Member
- Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Penn State University (Brandywine) https://www.brandywi... moreAssociate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Penn State University (Brandywine)
https://www.brandywine.psu.edu/person/david-macauley
The Seasons: Philosophical, Literary and Environmental Perspectives (SUNY Press) https://www.sunypress.edu/p-7133-the-seasons.aspx
Elemental Philosophy: Earth, Air, Fire and Water as Environmental Ideas
http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5020-elemental-philosophy.aspx
Minding Nature: The Philosophers of Ecology
https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Nature-Philosophers-Ecology-Democracy/dp/1572300590
Board Member, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium: https://www.thegppc.org/
Assessing Editor, Humanities and Technology Review: https://htronline.weebly.com/editorial-board.html
Blog on Everyday Aesthetics: https://davidmacauley2003.wordpress.com/
Blog on walking: http://footnotesonwalking.blogspot.com/edit
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In this chapter, I share my personal reflections on changing seasonality through observations in and around the house and home. I relate these thoughts to the subject of domestication, which loosely involves bringing the exterior... more
In this chapter, I share my personal reflections on changing seasonality through observations in and around the house and home. I relate these thoughts to the subject of domestication, which loosely involves bringing the exterior (outside) world to the more interior (inside) human realm, and along the way transforming the stories we tell about the seasons. I arrive to my views through years of walking, gardening, photography, and travel as well as teaching and writing about philosophy and environmental studies, including the recent publication of a book entitled The Seasons: Philosophical, Literary, and Environmental Perspectives.
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... 10 The Origins of Totalitarianism (New York: Meridan, 1960), p. 301 (italic added). 11 George Kateb, Hannah Arendt: Politics, Conscience, Evil (New Jersey: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983), p.158. 25 Page 8. ... astronomers like William K.... more
... 10 The Origins of Totalitarianism (New York: Meridan, 1960), p. 301 (italic added). 11 George Kateb, Hannah Arendt: Politics, Conscience, Evil (New Jersey: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983), p.158. 25 Page 8. ... astronomers like William K. Hartmann have suggested when they ...
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Sociology, Environmental Philosophy, Space and Place, Frankfurt School (Philosophy), and 13 morePolitical Science, Environmental Political Theory, Environmental Politics, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Hannah Arendt, Applied Economics, Ecological philosophy, Alienation, Green Political Theory, Theories of place, Philosophy of Space and Place, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt, and Capitalism Nature Socialism
An examination of the meaning, significance and influence of Hannah Arendt's notions of world alienation, earth alienation, and home in her philosophical and political work.
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Sociology, Environmental Philosophy, Political Theory, Space and Place, and 10 moreContinental Philosophy, Environmental Political Theory, Environmental Humanities, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Hannah Arendt, Alienation, Alienation in Literature, Green Political Theory, The Work of Hannah Arendt, and Environmental Phenomenology
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This article examines the perennial idea of the four seasons in relation to notions of place and time and shows the philosophical and environmental importance of emphasizing the periods of winter, spring, summer, and fall. After... more
This article examines the perennial idea of the four seasons in relation to notions of place and time and shows the philosophical and environmental importance of emphasizing the periods of winter, spring, summer, and fall. After clarifying the western view of a season, it considers the seasons in the Eastern world. It then identifies and articulates different conceptions and scales of seasonal time in relation to place, including ideas associated with repetition, kairos, chronos, and mythic temporality. It looks in turn at possible challenges to the four-seasons model and discusses seasonal disruptions and discontinui-ties. The essay concludes by setting forth the values of a seasonal framework in terms of both providing an alternative to the idea of "nature" and contributing to sustainable living, noting the roles of seasonal festivals, story-telling, gardening , food preparation, the elements, walking, art, and everyday aesthetics.
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Space and Place, Philosophy Of Climate Change, Rhythm, Everyday Aesthetics, and 10 morePhilosophy of Time, Environmental Sustainability, Natural Science, Environmental Humanities, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Environmental Literature, Seasonality, Phenomenology and Literature, Seasons, and Continental Philosophy and Aesthetics
... and Our Sensuous Surroundings 312 Elemental Passions: Irigaray on Breath and Body 316 Elemental Landscapes: Casey on Place 319 Elemental Nature: Sallis on Imagination 321 From Elements to the Elemental 324 Interstice: Space 327... more
... and Our Sensuous Surroundings 312 Elemental Passions: Irigaray on Breath and Body 316 Elemental Landscapes: Casey on Place 319 Elemental Nature: Sallis on Imagination 321 From Elements to the Elemental 324 Interstice: Space 327 Chapter 9. Revaluing Earth, Air, Fire ...
Research Interests: Environmental Science, Environmental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, and 7 moreEcology, Environmental Politics, Environmental Sustainability, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, and Elemental Ecocriticism
I examine the ancient and perennial notion of the elements (stoicheia) and its relation to an idea of place proper (topos) and natural place (topos oikeios) in Aristotle's work. Through an exploration of his accounts, I argue... more
I examine the ancient and perennial notion of the elements (stoicheia) and its relation to an idea of place proper (topos) and natural place (topos oikeios) in Aristotle's work. Through an exploration of his accounts, I argue that Aristotle develops a robust theory of place that is relevant to ...
Research Interests: Human Geography, Philosophy, Epistemology, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Education, and 15 moreAristotle, Environmental Studies, Environmental History, Continental Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Ecological philosophy, History and philosophy of Geography, Domestication, Philosophy of Space and Place, Elemental Ecocriticism, Environment, Literature and Philosophy of Place, and Four elements
Walking, though, might be re-rooted in and re-routed through the urban and suburban landscape so as to pose a challenge to social tendencies that accentuate forms of domestication or domination. By understanding the dynamic and democratic... more
Walking, though, might be re-rooted in and re-routed through the urban and suburban landscape so as to pose a challenge to social tendencies that accentuate forms of domestication or domination. By understanding the dynamic and democratic dimensions ...
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Research Interests: Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Animal Studies, Animal Ethics, Political Science, and 11 morePolitics, Environmental Ethics, Animal Welfare Theories, Animal Law, Animal Rights/Liberation, Philosophy Of Animals, Environmental Humanities, Animal Rights, Animal protection, Animal Rights Movement, and Animal Rights law
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DAVID MACAULEY WALKING THE ELEMENTAL EARTH. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND LITERARY" FOOT NOTES' Pre-Amble. During the last decade, environmental philosophy has attended to matters related to place, emplacement and... more
DAVID MACAULEY WALKING THE ELEMENTAL EARTH. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND LITERARY" FOOT NOTES' Pre-Amble. During the last decade, environmental philosophy has attended to matters related to place, emplacement and displacement in its treatments of ...
Research Interests: Geography, Environmental Philosophy, Modernity, Phenomenology of the body, Bipedal Walking, and 10 morePhenomenology of Space and Place, Phenomenology of Movement, Henry David Thoreau, Walking in literature, Postmodernity, Walking, Pedestrian Movement, Eastern Philosophy and Religion, Walking Art, and Analecta Husserliana
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The idea and experience of the home is constituted in large part by departures from and returns to it, as well as by the deep cultural and emotional longing for it. I explore how pilgrimages and human ambulation more generally are... more
The idea and experience of the home is constituted in large part by departures from and returns to it, as well as by the deep cultural and emotional longing for it. I explore how pilgrimages and human ambulation more generally are significant in this regard and show that one can also be very much at home on the road in the act of slow movement across the earth, our most basic dwelling place. A particular focus is given to Asian philosophy, where Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, and everyday walkers create and experience a sense of home via singular or collective sauntering and wandering on foot. Comparisons are made with notions of the home and peripatetic activity in Western philosophy.
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An examination of the meaning, significance and influence of Hannah Arendt's notions of world alienation, earth alienation, and home in her philosophical and political work.
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Environmental Philosophy, Political Theory, Space and Place, Continental Philosophy, and 9 moreEnvironmental Political Theory, Environmental Humanities, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Hannah Arendt, Alienation, Alienation in Literature, Green Political Theory, The Work of Hannah Arendt, and Environmental Phenomenology
The idea and experience of the home is constituted in large part by departures from and returns to it, as well as by the deep cultural and emotional longing for it. I explore how pilgrimages and human ambulation more generally are... more
The idea and experience of the home is constituted in large part by departures from and returns to it, as well as by the deep cultural and emotional longing for it. I explore how pilgrimages and human ambulation more generally are significant in this regard and show that one can also be very much at home on the road in the act of slow movement across the earth, our most basic dwelling place. A particular focus is given to Asian philosophy, where Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, and everyday walkers create and experience a sense of home via singular or collective sauntering and wandering on foot. Comparisons are made with notions of the home and peripatetic activity in Western philosophy.
I examine the ancient and perennial notion of the elements (stoicheia) and its relation to an idea of place proper (topos) and natural place (topos oikeios) in Aristotle's work. Through an exploration of his accounts, I argue... more
I examine the ancient and perennial notion of the elements (stoicheia) and its relation to an idea of place proper (topos) and natural place (topos oikeios) in Aristotle's work. Through an exploration of his accounts, I argue that Aristotle develops a robust theory of place that is relevant to ...
Research Interests: Human Geography, Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Education, Aristotle, and 15 moreEnvironmental Studies, Environmental History, Continental Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Ecological philosophy, Place, History and philosophy of Geography, Domestication, Philosophy of Space and Place, Elemental Ecocriticism, Environment, Literature and Philosophy of Place, and Four elements
DAVID MACAULEY WALKING THE ELEMENTAL EARTH. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND LITERARY" FOOT NOTES' Pre-Amble. During the last decade, environmental philosophy has attended to matters related to place, emplacement and... more
DAVID MACAULEY WALKING THE ELEMENTAL EARTH. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND LITERARY" FOOT NOTES' Pre-Amble. During the last decade, environmental philosophy has attended to matters related to place, emplacement and displacement in its treatments of ...
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I examine the Presocratic thinker Empedocles' philosophical, poetic and religious works—Peri Phuseous (On Nature) and Katharmoi (Purifications)—in terms of their orientations, attitudes and sensibilities toward the natural... more
I examine the Presocratic thinker Empedocles' philosophical, poetic and religious works—Peri Phuseous (On Nature) and Katharmoi (Purifications)—in terms of their orientations, attitudes and sensibilities toward the natural environment. Through the development of an ethical and material framework centered upon the four rhizomata (roots or elements) of earth, fire, air and water, Empedocles provides an early but important understanding of ideas and issues that remain ecologically relevant today, including conceptions of pollution, the treatment of nonhuman animals, descriptions of organic processes, and the speculative underpinnings of evolutionary theory. I suggest that we can reasonably view Empedocles as kind of shaman-naturalist who is keenly aware of and empathetic with the workings of the physical world even if he is not strictly an "ancient environmentalist". Finally, I point to the post-structuralist work of Deleuze and Guattari, where we can find a critical expl...
Research Interests: Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy, Presocratic Philosophy, Environmental Education, Environmental History, and 15 moreContinental Philosophy, Environmental Management, Environmental Ethics, Four/Five Elements, Environmental Sustainability, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Rhizomes, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Pollution, Empedocles, Worldviews, Presocratics, Ancient vegetarianism, Ethical vegetarianism, and Environmental Theory
... and Our Sensuous Surroundings 312 Elemental Passions: Irigaray on Breath and Body 316 Elemental Landscapes: Casey on Place 319 Elemental Nature: Sallis on Imagination 321 From Elements to the Elemental 324 Interstice: Space 327... more
... and Our Sensuous Surroundings 312 Elemental Passions: Irigaray on Breath and Body 316 Elemental Landscapes: Casey on Place 319 Elemental Nature: Sallis on Imagination 321 From Elements to the Elemental 324 Interstice: Space 327 Chapter 9. Revaluing Earth, Air, Fire ...
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An analysis and theory of human and animal domestication using philosophy, critical theory, and ecological thought. Discusses the home, movement, and power in relation to figures like Foucault, Thoreau, Nietzsche, and others.
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An exploration and overview of some of the major philosophical contributors to emerging green political theory: Marcuse, Heidegger, Arendt, Jonas, Bloch, Commoner, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, Bookchin, Rachel Carson, Fourier, and others.... more
An exploration and overview of some of the major philosophical contributors to emerging green political theory: Marcuse, Heidegger, Arendt, Jonas, Bloch, Commoner, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, Bookchin, Rachel Carson, Fourier, and others. https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Nature-Philosophers-Ecology-Democracy/dp/1572300582/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781572300583&linkCode=qs&qid=1599885413&s=books&sr=1-1 https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kLnfRAv5QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Environmental Philosophy, Democratic Theory, Herbert Marcuse, Jurgen Habermas, and 13 moreEnvironmental Ethics, Environmental Political Theory, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Environmental Politics, Environmental Justice, Frankfurt School, Environmental Humanities, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Ecology, Philosophy of Nature and the Environment, Hans Jonas, Green Political Theory, and Rachel Carson
... 10 The Origins of Totalitarianism (New York: Meridan, 1960), p. 301 (italic added). 11 George Kateb, Hannah Arendt: Politics, Conscience, Evil (New Jersey: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983), p.158. 25 Page 8. ... astronomers like William K.... more
... 10 The Origins of Totalitarianism (New York: Meridan, 1960), p. 301 (italic added). 11 George Kateb, Hannah Arendt: Politics, Conscience, Evil (New Jersey: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983), p.158. 25 Page 8. ... astronomers like William K. Hartmann have suggested when they ...
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Sociology, Environmental Philosophy, Space and Place, Frankfurt School (Philosophy), and 12 morePolitical Science, Environmental Political Theory, Environmental Politics, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Hannah Arendt, Applied Economics, Ecological philosophy, Green Political Theory, Theories of place, Philosophy of Space and Place, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt, and Capitalism Nature Socialism
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Research Interests: Computer Science, Philosophy of Technology, Environmental Philosophy, Critical Theory of Technology, Environmental policy, and 10 moreEnvironmental Ethics, Environmental Aesthetics, Environmental Politics, Sustainable Water Resources Management, Environmental Sustainability, Water Pollution, Ancient Water Technology, Thales, Domestication, and Quality of Bottled Water
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This article examines the perennial idea of the four seasons in relation to notions of place and time and shows the philosophical and environmental importance of emphasizing the periods of winter, spring, summer, and fall. After... more
This article examines the perennial idea of the four seasons in relation to notions of place and time and shows the philosophical and environmental importance of emphasizing the periods of winter, spring, summer, and fall. After clarifying the western view of a season, it considers the seasons in the Eastern world. It then identifies and articulates different conceptions and scales of seasonal time in relation to place, including ideas associated with repetition, kairos, chronos, and mythic temporality. It looks in turn at possible challenges to the four-seasons model and discusses seasonal disruptions and discontinui-ties. The essay concludes by setting forth the values of a seasonal framework in terms of both providing an alternative to the idea of "nature" and contributing to sustainable living, noting the roles of seasonal festivals, story-telling, gardening , food preparation, the elements, walking, art, and everyday aesthetics.
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Space and Place, Philosophy Of Climate Change, Everyday Aesthetics, Philosophy of Time, and 9 moreEnvironmental Sustainability, Natural Science, Environmental Humanities, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Environmental Literature, Seasonality, Phenomenology and Literature, Seasons, and Continental Philosophy and Aesthetics
This paper examines some of the key ways in which water is mediated by technology and human artifacts. I show how the modes in which we conceive and experience this vital fluid are affected deeply by the techniques and instruments we use... more
This paper examines some of the key ways in which water is mediated by technology and human artifacts. I show how the modes in which we conceive and experience this vital fluid are affected deeply by the techniques and instruments we use to interact with it. I argue that a notion of the domestication of water enables us to better grasp our relations with the environment given that vast volumes of water are now neither completely natural nor artificial in the conventional senses of the terms. Instead, water is often filtered through an expansive technological network that not merely changes its flows and phenomenal forms but greatly alters or multiplies its meanings. As examples of this process, I investigate the practical engagement with water by the first Western philosopher; the construction of several large hydrological projects; efforts at river management in the aesthetic landscape; and the emergence of bottled water.
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Walking, though, might be re-rooted in and re-routed through the urban and suburban landscape so as to pose a challenge to social tendencies that accentuate forms of domestication or domination. By understanding the dynamic and democratic... more
Walking, though, might be re-rooted in and re-routed through the urban and suburban landscape so as to pose a challenge to social tendencies that accentuate forms of domestication or domination. By understanding the dynamic and democratic dimensions ...
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... vi Contents 9 Walking the Urban Environment: Pedestrian Practices and Peripatetic Politics 193 David ... collection of essays investigates processes of experience and meaning that inscribe urban and suburban ... points in the... more
... vi Contents 9 Walking the Urban Environment: Pedestrian Practices and Peripatetic Politics 193 David ... collection of essays investigates processes of experience and meaning that inscribe urban and suburban ... points in the future." 6 The origins of money are merely traces and its ...
Research Interests: Philosophy of Technology, Environmental Philosophy, Critical Theory of Technology, Environmental policy, Environmental Ethics, and 9 moreEnvironmental Aesthetics, Environmental Politics, Sustainable Water Resources Management, Environmental Sustainability, Water Pollution, Ancient Water Technology, Thales, Domestication, and Quality of Bottled Water
I examine the kindred phenomena of shadows and night in order to reveal their significance for better understanding our lifeworld and the elemental environment. I first describe how light is primary to ecological perception and how it... more
I examine the kindred phenomena of shadows and night in order to reveal their significance for better understanding our lifeworld and the elemental environment. I first describe how light is primary to ecological perception and how it conditions our conceptions of space, truth and beauty. Light and darkness are involved in a dialectical relationship rather than conceived as polar opposites. Borne of the interplay of both realms, shadows have been disparaged historically and deserve to be reconsidered for their aesthetic appearance and their relevance to an ecology and anthropology of perception. Night, in turn, is often marked by a negative ontology that points toward the possibility of a kind of elemental a priori, but it is important to characterize darkness in terms of its subtle shades and its filtering through the creative matrix of the human imagination. Seeing the night in novel and unexpected ways, especially via the insights and descriptions of phenomenologists, poets, and artists, enables us to grasp the depth and atmosphere of the surrounding world and to light up our geographical perspectives, our philosophical visions, and our environmental awareness.
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Page 1. Against Nature Constructivism, for Active Materialism I accept Steven Vogel's critique of the role of ideas of nature in critical theory. However, I find his alternative insufficient to move beyond the antinomies of active... more
Page 1. Against Nature Constructivism, for Active Materialism I accept Steven Vogel's critique of the role of ideas of nature in critical theory. However, I find his alternative insufficient to move beyond the antinomies of active constructivism and passive materialism. ...
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A review essay of Edward S. Casey's The Fate of Place and Getting Back into Place.
https://www.pdcnet.org/enviroethics/content/enviroethics_2000_0022_0002_0219_0221
https://www.pdcnet.org/enviroethics/content/enviroethics_2000_0022_0002_0219_0221
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Space and Place, Environmental Studies, Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy, and 14 moreEnvironmental Ethics, Martin Heidegger, Space And Place (Art), Architecture and Phenomenology, Environmental Humanities, Philosophy of Environment, Experiences of Place and Space, Phenomenology of Space and Place, History of places, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, History and philosophy of Geography, Ancient Geography and the Representation of Space, Geography and the Environment, and Edward S. Casey
Research Interests: Aesthetics, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Everyday Aesthetics, Aesthetics Of Nature, and 15 moreEnvironmental Aesthetics, Environmental Art, Deep Ecology, Ecocriticism, Environmental Humanities, Nature Writing, Beauty, theories of, Phenomenology of Nature, Ecological Theory, Environmental Literature, Environmental aesthetics,aesthetics of nature,everyday aesthetics, Aesthetics and Phenomenology, Nature Writing & Ecocriticism, Ecocritical Theory, and Continental Philosophy and Aesthetics
An engagement with and overview of the work of social ecologist Murray Bookchin, especially in relation to environmental ethics and environmental philosophy.
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Anarchism, Anarchist Studies, Environmental Ethics, and 10 moreEnvironmental Political Theory, History of Anarchism, Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Humanities, Social Ecology, Green Anarchism, Murray Bookchin, Green Political Theory, Social ecology and environmental studies, and Radical Ecology
A discussion and overview of the relationship between and influence of anarchist ideas and actions upon environmental ethics and environmental philosophy.
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Political Theory, Anarchism, Anarchist Studies, Environmental Ethics, and 9 moreEnvironmental Political Theory, Environmental Humanities, Green Anarchism, Henry David Thoreau, Murray Bookchin, Green Politics, Green Political Theory, Envionmental Studies, and History of Anarchist Thought
This essay engages some of the philosophical, existential, and aesthetic challenges that many of us are dealing with in the current COVID-19 crisis and shows the value of and need for beauty in its multiple forms. The essay addresses... more
This essay engages some of the philosophical, existential, and aesthetic challenges that many of us are dealing with in the current COVID-19 crisis and shows the value of and need for beauty in its multiple forms. The essay addresses death and suffering as well as the frustrations of waiting, but it also speaks about the numerous kinds of beauty that have arisen—or that might still appear—in troubled times: storytelling, laughter and humor, seasonal change, the comforts of home, human solidarity, silence, the allure of the unknown, and the beauty of sacrifice, among others.
https://davidmacauley2003.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/finding-beauty-in-dark-times/
https://davidmacauley2003.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/finding-beauty-in-dark-times/
Research Interests: Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, Everyday Aesthetics, Aesthetics and Politics, Philosophy of Humor, and 9 morePhilosophy of Human Suffering, Beauty, theories of, Theology of Suffering and Evil, Existentialism, Public Philosophy, Philosophical Essays, Continental Philosophy and Aesthetics, Coronavirus COVID-19, and Philosophy and COVID-19
A discussion of critical theory and nature as it relates to Steven Vogel's book, Against Nature.
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An exploration and overview of some of the major philosophical contributors to emerging green political theory: Marcuse, Heidegger, Arendt, Jonas, Bloch, Commoner, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, Bookchin, Rachel Carson, Fourier, and others.... more
An exploration and overview of some of the major philosophical contributors to emerging green political theory: Marcuse, Heidegger, Arendt, Jonas, Bloch, Commoner, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, Bookchin, Rachel Carson, Fourier, and others.
https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Nature-Philosophers-Ecology-Democracy/dp/1572300582/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781572300583&linkCode=qs&qid=1599885413&s=books&sr=1-1
https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kLnfRAv5QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Nature-Philosophers-Ecology-Democracy/dp/1572300582/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781572300583&linkCode=qs&qid=1599885413&s=books&sr=1-1
https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kLnfRAv5QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Environmental Philosophy, Democratic Theory, Herbert Marcuse, Jurgen Habermas, and 13 moreEnvironmental Ethics, Environmental Political Theory, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Environmental Politics, Environmental Justice, Frankfurt School, Environmental Humanities, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Ecology, Philosophy of Nature and the Environment, Hans Jonas, Green Political Theory, and Rachel Carson
I examine some of the contributions to an ecological anarchist tradition that, I argue, antedates, influences, and presently remains coextensive with Murray Bookchin’s work. It is to this tradition which Bookchin returns, from which he... more
I examine some of the contributions to an ecological anarchist tradition that, I argue, antedates, influences, and presently remains coextensive with Murray Bookchin’s work. It is to this tradition which Bookchin returns, from which he departs, and occasionally over and past which he looks. In so doing, I situate Bookchin’s thought historically against the work of Peter Kropotkin in particular and try to illuminate some of the tendencies and tensions within both anarchist and ecological theory.
By showing how closely related Bookchin’s work is to Kropotkin’s opus, I try to restore the importance of Kropotkin for critical social theory and to stress his relevance for the future of social ecology. If, as I claim, comprehending Kropotkin is central to understanding Bookchin, then it would bode well for future social ecologists to investigate this earlier body of work as they advance and refine their theory. This comparative and critical enterprise is valuable ultimately because it allows us to better understand the origins of, changes in, and complexities concerning social ecology, and to further develop informed responses to environmental and political challenges.
By showing how closely related Bookchin’s work is to Kropotkin’s opus, I try to restore the importance of Kropotkin for critical social theory and to stress his relevance for the future of social ecology. If, as I claim, comprehending Kropotkin is central to understanding Bookchin, then it would bode well for future social ecologists to investigate this earlier body of work as they advance and refine their theory. This comparative and critical enterprise is valuable ultimately because it allows us to better understand the origins of, changes in, and complexities concerning social ecology, and to further develop informed responses to environmental and political challenges.
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Anarchism, Anarchist Studies, Environmental Political Theory, and 13 moreHistory of Anarchism, Social movements and revolution, Social Change, revolution, and evolution, Social Ecology, Peter Kropotkin, Anarchism & Postmodern Theory, Revolutionary Theory, Green Anarchism, Murray Bookchin, Poststructuralist Anarchism, Green Political Theory, Social ecology and environmental studies, and Geography and the Environment
Explores the ancient and perennial notion of the four elements as environmental ideas. Bachelard called them “the hormones of the imagination.” Hegel observed that, “through the four elements we have the elevation of sensuous ideas into... more
Explores the ancient and perennial notion of the four elements as environmental ideas. Bachelard called them “the hormones of the imagination.” Hegel observed that, “through the four elements we have the elevation of sensuous ideas into thought.” Earth, air, fire, and water are explored as both philosophical ideas and environmental issues associated with their classical and perennial conceptions. This book embarks upon a wide-ranging discussion of their initial appearance in ancient Greek thought as mythic forces or scientific principles to their recent reemergence within contemporary continental philosophy as a means for understanding landscape and language, poetry and place, the body and the body politic. In so doing, it shows the importance of elemental thinking for comprehending and responding to ecological problems. In tracing changing views of the four elements through the history of ideas, the work generates a new vocabulary for and a fresh vision of the environment while engaging the elemental world directly with reflections on their various manifestations.
https://www.sunypress.edu/p-5020-elemental-philosophy.aspx
https://www.sunypress.edu/p-5020-elemental-philosophy.aspx
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Philosophers, Henri Bergson once observed, "seem to philosophize as if they were sealed in the privacy of their study and did not live on a planet surrounded by the vast organic world of animals, plants, insects, and protozoa." Providing... more
Philosophers, Henri Bergson once observed, "seem to philosophize as if they were sealed in the privacy of their study and did not live on a planet surrounded by the vast organic world of animals, plants, insects, and protozoa." Providing a solid overview of ecological philosophy and original insights into this developing field, Minding Nature focuses on some of the most influential thinkers who, in fact, have emphasized our natural relations to the earth, our social creations, and each other.
Combining philosophy, ecology, and political theory, chapters thoroughly examine, critique, and build upon the ideas of such luminaries as Thomas Hobbes, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Bloch, Hannah Arendt, Herbert Marcuse, Barry Commoner, Rachel Carson, and Jurgen Habermas, among others. Each thinker considered has contributed significantly to both contemporary discussion and historical understanding of political, epistemological, or social aspects related to nature and, with several exceptions, stimulated constructive dialogue within progressive, democratic, and radical left circles. By challenging the notion that conservation is inherently politically conservative or that our oikos (home) must be rendered uniformly economic where ecology is concerned, they enable us to rethink the possibility of creating a more democratic and ecological society.
https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kLnfRAv5QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
Combining philosophy, ecology, and political theory, chapters thoroughly examine, critique, and build upon the ideas of such luminaries as Thomas Hobbes, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Bloch, Hannah Arendt, Herbert Marcuse, Barry Commoner, Rachel Carson, and Jurgen Habermas, among others. Each thinker considered has contributed significantly to both contemporary discussion and historical understanding of political, epistemological, or social aspects related to nature and, with several exceptions, stimulated constructive dialogue within progressive, democratic, and radical left circles. By challenging the notion that conservation is inherently politically conservative or that our oikos (home) must be rendered uniformly economic where ecology is concerned, they enable us to rethink the possibility of creating a more democratic and ecological society.
https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kLnfRAv5QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Political Theory, Environmental policy, Environmental Studies, Environmental History, and 13 morePhenomenology, Continental Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Political Theory, Ecology, Environmental Politics, Phenomenology of Space and Place, Hannah Arendt, Nature, Contemporary Political Theory, Green Political Theory, Environmental Politics and Philosophy, and Envioronmental Sustainability
Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. This pioneering volume, which includes eleven essays and a co-authored... more
Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. This pioneering volume, which includes eleven essays and a co-authored introduction, demonstrates the ways
in which inquiry into the seasons can reveal new and illuminating perspectives for environmental thought, philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary studies.
The volume opens up new avenues for research in these fields and provides a valuable resource for teachers and students of the environmental humanities. The innovative essays address a wide range
of seasonal cultures and geographies, from the traditional Western model of the four seasons––spring, summer, fall, and winter––to the Indigenous seasons of Australia and the Arctic. The work exemplifies
the crucial importance of interdisciplinary research and makes a compelling case for the relevance of the seasons to our daily lives, scientific understanding, diverse cultural practices, and politics.
Introduction: Thinking Through the Seasons (by Luke Fischer and David Macauley)
The Seasons and Environmental Time
1. David Macauley, The Four Seasons and the Rhythms of Place-based Time
2. Craig Holdrege, Seasons Embodied: The Story of a Plant
The Seasons and Phenomenology
3. Paola-Ludovika Coriando, Hölderlin, Heidegger, and Seasonal Time
4. Luke Fischer, A Poetic Phenomenology of the Temperate Seasons
5. John Ryan, Toward a Phen(omen)ology of the Seasons: The Emergence of the Indigenous Weather Knowledge Project
The Seasons and Place
6. Alphonso Lingis, Arctic Summer
7. Joseph Ballan, Seasonal Affective Order
The Seasons and Everyday Aesthetics
8. Jo Law, The Almanac Projects: Seasons Experienced Through the Material World
9. Yvonne Förster, The Cycle of Seasons: The Temporal Structure of Fashion
The Seasons and Culture
10. Rod Giblett, The Seasons: Homage to Henry David Thoreau
11. Tom Bristow, The Decolonized Pastoral: Thoreau, Kinsella, and the Seasons
http://www.sunypress.edu/p-7133-the-seasons.aspx
in which inquiry into the seasons can reveal new and illuminating perspectives for environmental thought, philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary studies.
The volume opens up new avenues for research in these fields and provides a valuable resource for teachers and students of the environmental humanities. The innovative essays address a wide range
of seasonal cultures and geographies, from the traditional Western model of the four seasons––spring, summer, fall, and winter––to the Indigenous seasons of Australia and the Arctic. The work exemplifies
the crucial importance of interdisciplinary research and makes a compelling case for the relevance of the seasons to our daily lives, scientific understanding, diverse cultural practices, and politics.
Introduction: Thinking Through the Seasons (by Luke Fischer and David Macauley)
The Seasons and Environmental Time
1. David Macauley, The Four Seasons and the Rhythms of Place-based Time
2. Craig Holdrege, Seasons Embodied: The Story of a Plant
The Seasons and Phenomenology
3. Paola-Ludovika Coriando, Hölderlin, Heidegger, and Seasonal Time
4. Luke Fischer, A Poetic Phenomenology of the Temperate Seasons
5. John Ryan, Toward a Phen(omen)ology of the Seasons: The Emergence of the Indigenous Weather Knowledge Project
The Seasons and Place
6. Alphonso Lingis, Arctic Summer
7. Joseph Ballan, Seasonal Affective Order
The Seasons and Everyday Aesthetics
8. Jo Law, The Almanac Projects: Seasons Experienced Through the Material World
9. Yvonne Förster, The Cycle of Seasons: The Temporal Structure of Fashion
The Seasons and Culture
10. Rod Giblett, The Seasons: Homage to Henry David Thoreau
11. Tom Bristow, The Decolonized Pastoral: Thoreau, Kinsella, and the Seasons
http://www.sunypress.edu/p-7133-the-seasons.aspx