The Environmental Humanities : European Perspectives on How the Field is Addressing Twenty-first-Century Global Challenges
Hartman, Steven (Arizona State University)
Armiero, Marco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filosofia)
Oppermann, Serpil (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filosofia)

Publicació:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024
Descripció:	23 pàg.
Resum:	In this chapter we focus on the spaces of environmental justice, material ecocriticism and integrated Environmental Humanities. By design we include these three examples because they represent very different approaches and frames of reference within the Environmental Humanities, in terms of theory, contexts of engagement and also, to some extent, outputs, impacts and interdisciplinary configurations. It is worth noting that the field of the Environmental Humanities, while often sharing an underlying concern with social-ecological questions and a preoccupation with environmental change, also contains 'multitudes', as Walt Whitman wrote of himself in 'Song of Myself'. This great diversity extends to theories, methods, subjects, materials and often enough positions on a range of questions. We consider it a sign of the field's fecundity that many scholars within the field may well disagree with one another vehemently on some questions. In fact, the three authors of this chapter do not agree on everything, which seems particularly fitting insofar as that situation accurately reflects the diversity of ideas, positions and arguments of a dynamic field's scholarly engagement. In one or two places we may even choose to flag up where we may disagree with one another, rather than strike a conventional (fictional?) pose of unanimity on every question. Co-authoring this chapter has not implied erasing the diversity of our small group, but it does assume that diversity is a source of wealth in the field and a sign that the field has not lapsed into doctrine or dogma; it also suggests a preference for an academic practice based on respectful listening and understanding rather than on winning every argument.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	The Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities, p. 305-327, ISBN 9781399505208

DOI: 10.1515/9781399505208-020

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