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 shpongolina rated 12 months ago - Anthropocentrism
by John Seed
Anthropocentrism means human chauvinism. Similar to sexism, but substitute human race for man and all other species for woman. Human chauvinism, the idea that humans are the crown of creation, the source of all value, the measure of all things, is deeply embedded ...
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- simpletwist rated 6 months ago
- Anthropocentrism
- jbet777 rated 6 months ago
- From the page: ""Anthropocentrism" means human chauvinism. Similar to sexism, but substitute "human race" for "man" and "all other species" for "woman." Human chauvinism, the idea that humans are the crown of creation, the source of all value, the measure of all things, is deeply embedded in our culture and consciousness."
Thanks to yobaba for pointing to the link.
- shpongolina rated 12 months ago
- Anthropocentrism
by John Seed
Anthropocentrism means human chauvinism. Similar to sexism, but substitute human race for man and all other species for woman. Human chauvinism, the idea that humans are the crown of creation, the source of all value, the measure of all things, is deeply embedded in our culture and consciousness.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all that moveth on the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hands they are delivered. 1
When humans investigate and see through their layers of anthropocentric self-cherishing, a most profound change in consciousness begins to take place. Alienation subsides. The human is no longer an outside, apart. Your humanness is then recognized as being merely the most recent stage of your existence, and as you stop identifying exclusively with this chapter, you start to get in touch with yourself as mammal, as vertebrate, as a species only recently emerged from the rainforest. As the fog of amnesia disperses, there is a transformation in your relationship to other species, and in your commitment to them.
What is described here should not be seen as merely intellectual. The intellect is one entry point to the process outlined, and the easiest one to communicate. For some people, however, this change of perspective follows from actions on behalf of mother Earth.
I am protecting the rainforest develops into I am part of the rainforest protecting myself. I am that part of the rainforest recently emerged into thinking.
- yobaba rated 6 months ago
- The theory of anthropocentrism says that the world exists for humanity. Believers in this philosophy would say that humans can rightfully try to benefit as much as possible from the environment.
These arguments are obviously objectionable to the environmental movement. Environmentalists would argue that animals have the right to coexist with humans in nature, and some would also add that nature has inherent value beyond its use to humanity.
Many environmental philosophies encompass some degree of anthropocentrism, however. Even environmentalists often argue in a favor of saving the environment for the sake of humanity.
Perhaps the area where anthropocentrism most commonly occurs is politics religion. A tradition of disregard for the environment, and the fact that plants and animals do not vote read the bible, has led to a primarily human-centered perspective in some decision makers fundamentalist preachers.
"Protecting something as wide as this planet is still an abstraction for many. Yet I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems - the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands, and all other living things - will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it," - Norwegian eco-activist Arne Naess. "The essence of deep ecology is to ask deeper questions... We (must) ask which society, which education, which form of religion is beneficial to all life on the planet as a whole."
Awesome essay - thanks shpongolina for the link!!
- Cruthyarnbone rated 26 months ago
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