The philosophical roots of the ecological crisis : Descartes and the modern worldview / by Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam.

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Kureethadam, Joshtrom Isaac [author.]

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9781527512993
1527512991

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Descartes and the modern worldview

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Philosophical roots of the ecological crisis.DDC classification:

113.092 23

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B1878.N3 K87 2017eb

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Summary: The Philosophical Roots of the Ecological Crisis: Descartes and the Modern Worldview traces the conceptual sources of the present environmental degradation within the worldview of Modernity, and particularly within the thought of René Descartes, universally acclaimed as the father of modern philosophy. The book demonstrates how the triple foundations of the Modern worldview - in terms of an exaggerated anthropocentrism, a mechanistic conception of the natural world, and the metaphysical dualism between humanity and the rest of the physical world - can all be largely traced back to Cartesian th.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-381) and index.

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The Philosophical Roots of the Ecological Crisis: Descartes and the Modern Worldview traces the conceptual sources of the present environmental degradation within the worldview of Modernity, and particularly within the thought of René Descartes, universally acclaimed as the father of modern philosophy. The book demonstrates how the triple foundations of the Modern worldview - in terms of an exaggerated anthropocentrism, a mechanistic conception of the natural world, and the metaphysical dualism between humanity and the rest of the physical world - can all be largely traced back to Cartesian th.

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