Social barriers to biophilia: Merging structural and ideational explanations for environmental degradation
- Erich Fromm argues that the only reliable way to solve the environmental crisis is to alter current social formations in a way in which biophilia can flourish, so humankind can solve its existential dichotomy as well as meet survival needs in an ecologically sound way. However, society's preoccupation with the non-alive-elements such as technique, the mechanical, gadgets, and commodities – shows that the modern social character is far from biophilous. Instead, modern societies are inherently ecologically destructive due to systematic processes and attraction to its progress is a less acute form of, what Fromm terms, necrophilia. His insights can help formulate a social theory of environmental degradation that includes structural and ideational variables. Prescriptively, this means appeals for value changes must correspond with fitting appeals for structural changes in social systems.
MetadatenAuthor: | Ryan Gunderson |
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Parent Title (English): | The Social Science Journal, Vol. 51, No. 4 (2014), pp. 681-685. [Online ISSN: 1873-5355] [doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2014.06.002] |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
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Release Date: | 2024/04/04 |
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Format: | to purchase via publisher |
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IdNo: | Gunderson_R_2014b |
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Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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