Earth and World

Philosophy After the Apollo Missions

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Cover of the book Earth and World by Kelly Oliver, Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Kelly Oliver ISBN: 9780231539067
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: May 5, 2015
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Kelly Oliver
ISBN: 9780231539067
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: May 5, 2015
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

Critically engaging the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and Jacques Derrida together with her own observations on contemporary politics, environmental degradation, and the pursuit of a just and sustainable world, Kelly Oliver lays the groundwork for a politics and ethics that embraces otherness without exploiting difference. Rooted firmly in human beings' relationship to the planet and to each other, Oliver shows peace is possible only if we maintain our ties to earth and world.

Oliver begins with Immanuel Kant and his vision of politics grounded on earth as a finite surface shared by humans. She then incorporates Hannah Arendt's belief in plural worlds constituted through human relationships; Martin Heidegger's warning that alienation from the Earth endangers not only politics but also the very essence of being human; and Jacques Derrida's meditations on the singular worlds individuals, human and otherwise, create and how they inform the reality we inhabit. Each of these theorists, Oliver argues, resists the easy idealism of world citizenship and globalism, yet they all think about the earth against the globe to advance a grounded ethics. They contribute to a philosophy that avoids globalization's totalizing and homogenizing impulses and instead help build a framework for living within and among the world's rich biodiversity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Critically engaging the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and Jacques Derrida together with her own observations on contemporary politics, environmental degradation, and the pursuit of a just and sustainable world, Kelly Oliver lays the groundwork for a politics and ethics that embraces otherness without exploiting difference. Rooted firmly in human beings' relationship to the planet and to each other, Oliver shows peace is possible only if we maintain our ties to earth and world.

Oliver begins with Immanuel Kant and his vision of politics grounded on earth as a finite surface shared by humans. She then incorporates Hannah Arendt's belief in plural worlds constituted through human relationships; Martin Heidegger's warning that alienation from the Earth endangers not only politics but also the very essence of being human; and Jacques Derrida's meditations on the singular worlds individuals, human and otherwise, create and how they inform the reality we inhabit. Each of these theorists, Oliver argues, resists the easy idealism of world citizenship and globalism, yet they all think about the earth against the globe to advance a grounded ethics. They contribute to a philosophy that avoids globalization's totalizing and homogenizing impulses and instead help build a framework for living within and among the world's rich biodiversity.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book Kinship with Monkeys by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Animals and Society by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Religion and the Specter of the West by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Cold War, Cool Medium by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Asia's Space Race by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Why This New Race by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Sustaining India's Growth Miracle by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Robert K. Merton by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Religion and Public Memory by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book After the American Century by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book The Headless State by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Political Uses of Utopia by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Narrating Evil by Kelly Oliver
Cover of the book Chronicles of My Life by Kelly Oliver
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy