1st Edition
Ecological Democracy Caring for the Earth in the Anthropocene
1 Introduction: Ecological Democracy of the Anthropocene
2 From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism: Redefining Nature
3 Ecological Sensibility: The Encountering of All Existence
4 Ecophenomenological Ethics: Caring for Mother Earth
5 Ecological Democracy: The Moral Trump of Earth Politics
6 Conclusion: The Widening Circles of Ecological Love
Bibliography
Biography
Odin Lysaker is a Professor of Ethics at the University of Agder, Norway. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oslo. Lysaker is an Affiliate Researcher at the Center for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo, and a member of the Working Group on Ecological Democracy organized by the Earth System Governance Project. He has written and contributed to many articles, books, and book chapters, especially in the fields of philosophy of nature, environmental ethics, and democracy theory.
‘Re-Imagining Ecological Democracy is a landmark in ecological philosophy, offering both a profound argument about how to care democratically for all existence and an indispensable critical guide to the history of green political thought. Lysaker clarifies what is at stake as he re-thinks what a truly ecocentric democracy should entail.’ - John S. Dryzek, Professor, University of Canberra, Australia
‘In this ambitious critical survey of the avant-garde of green social thought, Odin Lysaker proposes a vision of ecological democracy as ecocentrism in practice. On Lysaker’s pulsating synthesis, ecological democracy is envisioned as an emergent constellation of nonanthropocentric critical theory, ontological realism, a political-cosmological ontology, and ecological reflexivity joined together by and as enacting ecological love. A vital addition to the armory of green political philosophy.’ - J.M. Bernstein, Professor, The New School for Social Research, USA
