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1 online resource (313 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Big Picture: Philosophy After the Apollo Missions; 2. The Earth's Inhospitable Hospitality: Kant; 3. Plurality as the Law of the Earth: Arendt; 4. The Earth's Refusal: Heidegger; 5. The World Is Not Enough: Derrida; 6. Terraphilia: Earth Ethics; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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 s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- 21st century.
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Philosophy. |
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21st century |
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Earth (Planet) -- Miscellanea.
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Earth (Planet) |
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Philosophy, Modern. |
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2000-2099 |
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Oliver, Kelly. Earth and World : Philosophy After the Apollo Missions. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2015 9780231170871 |
| ISBN |
9780231539067 (electronic book) |
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0231539061 (electronic book) |
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9780231170871 |
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