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Two Pillars of the Human Relationship to Nature : Revisiting Capitalism, Science and Technology in Modernity
Overview
How can the fundamental yet often ambivalent elements of modernity - capitalism, science and technology - be reconsidered from a philosophical perspective? Linking contemporary environmental debates with the philosophy of modernity and deep historical perspectives from anthropology, V. P. J. Arponen presents a wide-ranging discussion of the past, present, and future of the human relationship to nature in a changing world. His guiding thread is the possibility of a value orientation that charts a course between the excesses of reductive economic materialism and constructivist culturalism, recentring on the human capability to live active, meaningful lives.
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- ISBN-13: 9783837682199
- ISBN-10: 3837682196
- Publisher: Transcript Publishing
- Publish Date: August 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.47 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.67 pounds
- Page Count: 222
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