Anthropocentrism's "Fluid Binary"

Autor/in	Affifi, Ramsey
Titel	Anthropocentrism's "Fluid Binary"
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 26 (2020) 9-10, S.1435-1452 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2019.1707484
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Climate; Environmental Education; Teaching Methods; Sustainability; Educational Philosophy; Intention; Behavior Change; Thinking Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klima; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Nachhaltigkeit; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	I consider myself among a band of heretics seeking to deanthropocentrise environmental education. And yet, I increasingly struggle with blanket condemnations and recommendations. I do not know if the binary is as real or useful as I once thought. In this paper, I unearth some of the ways in which alleged anthropocentrisms can be nonanthropocentric, and vice versa. They seem much more fluid to me now. My purpose is not pedantic: I think environmental educators need to be more careful in their diagnoses and prescriptions. As we grope toward sustainability, we need pedagogies that help students imagine and engage with what our various claims and conceptualisations actually "do" when believed (if indeed they do anything at all); pedagogies that develop suppleness in our capacity to modify beliefs in alignment with intentions, and that help us modify these intentions in turn. I believe confronting the instability of dualistic thinking reveals paradoxes inherent in human reason, ushering a dose of humble bafflement essential for navigating the (non)Anthropocene. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01