The Trumpeter - Journal of Ecosophy (Athabasca University)
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The Common Erasure of Space and Nature: Communication as a Bridge Between the Discourses of Designed Space and Ecocentred Identity
Get PDFSpace, as a concept of human design, has been given little consideration in the discourses on nature. In this article, I argue that the conceptual erasure of space should be addressed in conjunction with the study of nature’s marginalization. I argue that the root cause of the erasure of space and nature is commonly derived from the flaws of western metaphysical construction and, therefore, we are better served by attending to both together rather than in isolation. Using a dialogic model of communicative action, the ecocentred scholar can develop means for addressing the spatial designs that influence and reinforce human misconceptions about the world. The dialogic model, by encouraging openness, compassion, affirmation, and continuity, can be used as a common language for ecocentric philosophers and critics of space and design. In this way, the ecological discourses can bring their influence within the spheres of spatial design and, it is hoped, encourage new ways of considering the human self and its relation to the spatial world
A review of Our Common Illiteracy: Education as if the Earth and People Mattered by Rolf Jucker
No full textThe Self of Stars and Stone: Ecofeminism, Deep Ecology, and the Ecological Self
Get PDFThis essay examines Arne Naess’s conception of the ecological self in connection with the work of ecofeminist Val Plumwood and claims that Naess’s thought is able to avoid some of the criticisms of deep ecology that Plumwood voices. Following an analysis of Plumwood’s position, it is argued that Naess does not subscribe to what Plumwood terms the “indistinguishability thesis,” but that the notion of identification appears problematic due to its tendency to emphasize sameness in relations to others. The paper ends with a discussion of comments made by Naess in a recent interview that can be seen to respond to this problem