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The Politics of the Extinction Predicament---Democracy, Futurity, and Responsibility

Posted on:2014-08-11Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:University of WashingtonCandidate:Lambacher, JasonFull Text:PDF
GTID:1450390005494304Subject:Environmental philosophy
Abstract/Summary:
This dissertation examines the species extinction crisis as a matter of environmental political theory. By engaging the anthropocentrism/ecocentrism debate, literature in green deliberative democracy and green civic republicanism, and the work of Hans Jonas and Hannah Arendt, among others, I explore the challenges of the extinction predicament in light of key concepts such as freedom, responsibility, and wildness.
Keywords/Search Tags:Extinction
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