Belardinelli, Sofia (2024) Reimagining relationships. Biocultural diversity and a relational ethical approach for a peaceful anthropocene. [Tesi di dottorato]
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| Tipologia del documento: | Tesi di dottorato |
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| Lingua: | English |
| Titolo: | Reimagining relationships. Biocultural diversity and a relational ethical approach for a peaceful anthropocene |
| Autori: | Autore Email Belardinelli, Sofia sofia.belardinelli@unina.it |
| Data: | 7 Marzo 2024 |
| Numero di pagine: | 197 |
| Istituzione: | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
| Dipartimento: | Studi Umanistici |
| Dottorato: | Bioetica |
| Ciclo di dottorato: | 36 |
| Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato: | nome email Conte, Domenico dconte@unina.it |
| Tutor: | nome email Fulgione, Domenico [non definito] |
| Data: | 7 Marzo 2024 |
| Numero di pagine: | 197 |
| Parole chiave: | environmental ethics; relational ethics; human-nonhuman relationship; biocultural diversity; environmental crisis; anthropocene; ecology; evolutionary biology |
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: | Area 11 - Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche > M-FIL/02 - Logica e filosofia della scienza Area 11 - Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche > M-FIL/03 - Filosofia morale |
| Depositato il: | 16 Mar 2024 11:17 |
| Ultima modifica: | 30 Mar 2026 08:38 |
| URI: | http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/15537 |
Abstract
The environmental crisis we face today is deeply rooted in a flawed narrative about the relationship between humans and the broader natural world. To redirect our current maladaptive trajectory, reimagining these narratives is imperative. This study critically challenges the prevalent perception of humans as separate from nature, unravelling its historical and cultural roots entrenched within modern Western thought. In seeking possible alternatives to this perspective, I delve into the conceptual development of this dualistic understanding of the natural world, also examining its social and political implications. Moreover, I trace the origins and conceptual development of novel disciplines like environmental ethics and ecological sciences, emphasising how their confluence has represented a turning point in heightening public awareness about environmental concerns. Central to this rethinking is the concept of biocultural diversity, bridging the biological and cultural realms. Exploring expressions of biocultural diversity worldwide, including in industrialised countries, illuminates the intertwined history of human cultures and their environments, underlining the reciprocity of relationships between humans and the rest of nature. Human influence on ecosystems, not a recent occurrence but the result of a prolonged coevolution, showcases the centrality of this prolonged interaction for both these dimensions, as the case study of biocultural diversity in the central and southern Apennines of Italy exemplifies. The emphasis on the historical interplay between humans and nature underscores the prospect of peaceful coexistence between humans and the biosphere, contingent upon a nuanced understanding of their complex and multifaceted relationship. Ecological sciences reveal the fundamental role of relationships in the natural world. From an ethical perspective, awareness of the relational nature of the biological world calls for a shift from individual-centric approaches to prioritising relationships per se as the primary focus of ethical concern. This study contends that integrating ecological knowledge with philosophical perspectives holds promise for constructing a new environmental narrative, proposing a relational ontological and ethical approach as a promising framework for environmental ethics in the Anthropocene.
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