Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations

Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western Perspectives

Author: Hiroshi Abe, Matthias Fritsch and Mario Wenning

Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations

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This book draws on a spectrum of philosophical cultures to provide new perspectives on environmental ethics and intergenerational justice.

This book offers new perspectives on environmental philosophy and intergenerational justice, drawing on Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western traditions. It is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of environmental law and policy, environmental humanities, political science, intercultural and comparative philosophy, and policymakers.

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This book draws on a spectrum of philosophical cultures to provide new perspectives on environmental ethics and intergenerational justice.

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This anthology combines an intercultural approach with intergenerational ethics to address critical environmental challenges. Written by scholars from all over the world, including Canada, the US, New Zealand, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Japan, the UK, China, and Spain, this book offers new perspectives on how to foster sustainable societal practises that draw on the past and are fair to future generations. It introduces the Māori idea that views all things and human generations in layered relations; Indigenous accounts of spiralling time and reciprocities among ancestors and descendants; the philosophical dimensions of Chinese conceptions of ancestor spirits and future ghosts; and African accounts of anamnestic solidarity among generations. These ideas influence proposals for how to confront ending worlds and address the environmental future of humanity, making this book a valuable resource for scholars and students of environmental law and policy, environmental humanities, political science, and intercultural and comparative philosophy, as well as policymakers.

About the Author

Hiroshi Abe is Professor of Philosophy at Kyoto University, Japan. He received the Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize 2017. He has published extensively on the topics of ontology, environmental philosophy, and Japanese philosophy. He co-edited Environmental Philosophy and East Asia: Nature Time Responsibility (Routledge, 2022) with Matthias Fritsch and Mario Wenning. Matthias Fritsch is Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Canada. His previous publications include The Promise of Memory (State University of New York Press, 2005) and Taking Turns with the Earth (Stanford University Press, 2018), as well as the edited volumes Environmental Philosophy and East Asia (Routledge 2022), Eco-Deconstruction (Fordham UP, 2018) and Reason and Emancipation (Humanity Press, 2007). Mario Wenning is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Andalusia, Spain. Recent publications include the co-edited volumes The Right to Resist: Philosophies of Dissent (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Environmental Philosophy and East Asia (Routledge 2022). He has been a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Frankfurt and is a recipient of the Dao Annual Best Essay Award.