Homo Curator: Towards the Ethics of Consumption
Author | : Péter Róna |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3031517008 |
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Author | : Péter Róna |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3031517008 |
Author | : Peter Róna |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9783031516993 |
This book explores the under-researched sources of the consumerist culture and the environmental damage it has brought about. The book is an outcome of the symposium on “The Ethics of Consumption” organised and hosted by the Las Casas Institute at the Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford as part of its Economics as a Moral Science Programme. It takes on two contemporary problems: the human weakness and capacity for wrong-doing, and the failure of modern economic theory to account for the moral character of human behaviour and its implicit encouragement of gluttonous life-styles. In a time when grand political schemes are proposed to revive sustainability of global economy, the authors of the papers collected in this book highlight the need for moral renewal without which the most revolutionary structural reforms are bound to fail at producing the desired outcome. Topics of the book include the meaning and sources of avarice, the attempt to define what is enough, exploration of philosophical and theological perspectives which can serve as building blocks for the ethics of consumption. This makes the book of great interest to a broad readership of economists, social scientists and philosophers.
Author | : Caitlin DeSilvey |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1452953724 |
Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to imperiled harbors, postindustrial ruins to Cold War test sites, Curated Decay presents an unparalleled provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey proposes rethinking the care of certain vulnerable sites in terms of ecology and entropy, and explains how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows us to collaborate with—rather than defend against—natural processes. Curated Decay chronicles DeSilvey’s travels to places where experiments in curated ruination and creative collapse are under way, or under consideration. It uses case studies from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to explore how objects and structures produce meaning not only in their preservation and persistence, but also in their decay and disintegration. Through accessible and engaging discussion of specific places and their stories, it traces how cultural memory is generated in encounters with ephemeral artifacts and architectures. An interdisciplinary reframing of the concept of the ruin that combines historical and philosophical depth with attentive storytelling, Curated Decay represents the first attempt to apply new theories of materiality and ecology to the concerns of critical heritage studies.
Author | : Laurie Michaelis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Consumption (Economics) |
ISBN | : 9781900316071 |
Author | : Rana Abughannam |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2024-01-31 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1003834116 |
Architecture manifests as a space of concealment and unconcealment, lethe and alêtheia, enclosure and disclosure, where its making and agency are both hidden and revealed. With an urgency to amplify narratives that are overlooked, silenced and unacknowledged in and by architectural spaces, histories and theories, this book contends the need for a critical study of hiding in the context of architectural processes. It urges the understanding of inherent opportunities, power structures and covert strategies, whether socio-cultural, geo-political, environmental or economic, as they are related to their hidescapes – the constructed landscapes of our built environments participating in the architectures of hiding. Looking at and beyond the intentions and agency that architects possess, architectural spaces lend themselves as apparatuses for various forms of hiding and un(hiding). The examples explored in this book and the creative works presented in the interviews enclosed in the interludes of this publication cover a broad range of geographic and cultural contexts, discursively disclosing hidden aspects of architectural meaning. The book investigates the imaginative intrigue of concealing and revealing in design processes, along with moral responsibilities and ethical dilemmas inherent in crafting concealment through the making and reception of architecture.
Author | : James B. Davis |
Publisher | : Practice Management Information Corporation |
Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : |
The most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to thousands of health & medicine sites for the millions of people surfing the Internet for health resources.
Author | : Jeffrey E. Foss |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2009-02-04 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0470413697 |
This one-of-a-kind book provides thoughtful insight into the current relationship between humankind and the environment Beyond Environmentalism is the first book of its kind to present a timely and relevant analysis of environmentalism. The author's decades of experience as a philosopher of science allow him to critically comprehend scientific issues and to develop and explain sound, ethical policies in response to them. The result is a volume that builds a philosophy of nature and helps the reader assess humankind's relationship with and impact on the world around us. This innovative book discusses the inconsistencies, both scientific and philosophical, of popular environmentalism and sheds new perspectives on the issues, causes, and debates that embrace society today. The goal is not to settle environmental issues once and for all, but rather to provide the basis for more reasoned, scientific, and productive debates. The need for a new philosophy of nature is explored through methodological discussion of several topics, including: The rise and fall of scientific proof Nature in religion, romance, and human values Humankind's responsibility to the environment The value of freedom Kinship among species Numerous case studies throughout the book delve into global warming, the "sixth extinction," the precautionary principle, pollution, and other popular issues within environmentalism. Feature boxes guide the reader through complex topics such as eco-sabotage, the Gaia hypothesis, and the urban heat-island effect, while vivid illustrations demonstrate scientific data, theories, and philosophical arguments in a reader-friendly manner. With its balanced approach to provocative issues, Beyond Environmentalism serves as an excellent, thought-provoking supplement for courses on environmental studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an interesting and accessible read for anyone with a general interest in environmental issues.
Author | : Enrique Dussel |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 741 |
Release | : 2013-02-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822352125 |
Available in English for the first time, a masterwork by Enrique Dussel, one of the world's foremost philosophers, and a cornerstone of the philosophy of liberation, which he helped to found and develop.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1196 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sheila E. R. Watson |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 041540259X |
Using case studies drawn from all areas of museum studies, Museums and their Communities explores the museums as a site of representation, identity and memory, and considers how it can influence its community. Focusing on the museum as an institution, and its social and cultural setting, Sheila Watson examines how museums use their roles as informers and educators to empower, or to ignore, communities. Looking at the current debates about the role of the museum, she considers contested values in museum functions and examines provision, power, ownership, responsibility, and institutional issues. This book is of great relevance for all disciplines as it explores and questions the role of the museum in modern society.