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Chapter 3 Post-anthropocentric Transformations of Consumption in the Anthropocene: Beyond the Nature-Culture Divide

  • Søren Askegaard , Domen Bajde und Eric Arnould
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The Handbook of Organizing Economic, Ecological and Societal Transformation
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch The Handbook of Organizing Economic, Ecological and Societal Transformation

Abstract

This chapter argues for the necessity of a fundamental paradigmatic change in the social organizing of the relation between nature and culture, leaving behind the prevailing anthropocentrism and capitalist production model that have generated the contemporary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. Basically, we discuss a set of contemporary theoretical challenges to the nature- culture divide to reflect on a set of principles for reorganization of prevailing production and consumption processes. Based on this reconsideration, we investigate three streams of thought and their interlinkages that each can contribute to a rethinking of the culture-nature relationship. These are biosemiotics, alternative hedonism and neo-animism respectively. We conclude that only a paradigmatic change which simultaneously respects the human imaginary constitution while reinserting the human activities in the global set of interrelated ecosystems and respecting the balances for a long-term viability of these systems will provide a template for a positive and truly transformative policy.

Abstract

This chapter argues for the necessity of a fundamental paradigmatic change in the social organizing of the relation between nature and culture, leaving behind the prevailing anthropocentrism and capitalist production model that have generated the contemporary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. Basically, we discuss a set of contemporary theoretical challenges to the nature- culture divide to reflect on a set of principles for reorganization of prevailing production and consumption processes. Based on this reconsideration, we investigate three streams of thought and their interlinkages that each can contribute to a rethinking of the culture-nature relationship. These are biosemiotics, alternative hedonism and neo-animism respectively. We conclude that only a paradigmatic change which simultaneously respects the human imaginary constitution while reinserting the human activities in the global set of interrelated ecosystems and respecting the balances for a long-term viability of these systems will provide a template for a positive and truly transformative policy.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. List of Contributors IX
  4. Part One: By Way of Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 Organizing Economic, Environmental and Societal Transformation: An Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 2 Transformation: For Whom, By Whom, Where, Why and When? 27
  7. Part Two: Opening Up Futures
  8. Chapter 3 Post-anthropocentric Transformations of Consumption in the Anthropocene: Beyond the Nature-Culture Divide 49
  9. Chapter 4 ‘Organising Social Impact’ Master’s Programme as ‘Critical Praxis’ to Transform the University and Society 69
  10. Chapter 5 Futures: Necessity, Experiment and the School for Organizing 87
  11. Part Three: Techno-economic Transformations at Work
  12. Chapter 6 The Social Construction of Digital Technologies: The Politics behind Technology-centered Transformations 103
  13. Chapter 7 The Transformation of Work in the Digital Age: Coworking Spaces as Community-Based Models of Work Organization 125
  14. Chapter 8 Organizing Around Affect: Control and Potentiality in Contemporary Capitalism 145
  15. Part Four: Sustainable Environmental Transformation
  16. Chapter 9 Systemic Risks and Organizational Challenges in Transformative Processes: ‘Cybersecurity’ in the Food Field 165
  17. Chapter 10 Uniting the Means and Ends of Degrowth Transformation 189
  18. Chapter 11 Economic Organizations and the Transformation Towards Degrowth 209
  19. Part Five: Radical Democratic Futures
  20. Chapter 12 Organizing for Social Transformation from Below: Prefigurative Organizing and Civic Action 235
  21. Chapter 13 From Stakeholders to Communities of Care 257
  22. Chapter 14 The Possibilities of Radical Democratic Management 275
  23. Chapter 15 Searching for Transformative Potential: Comparing Conceptualizations of Open, Inclusive and Alternative Organizations 295
  24. Index 315
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110986945-003

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. List of Contributors IX
  4. Part One: By Way of Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 Organizing Economic, Environmental and Societal Transformation: An Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 2 Transformation: For Whom, By Whom, Where, Why and When? 27
  7. Part Two: Opening Up Futures
  8. Chapter 3 Post-anthropocentric Transformations of Consumption in the Anthropocene: Beyond the Nature-Culture Divide 49
  9. Chapter 4 ‘Organising Social Impact’ Master’s Programme as ‘Critical Praxis’ to Transform the University and Society 69
  10. Chapter 5 Futures: Necessity, Experiment and the School for Organizing 87
  11. Part Three: Techno-economic Transformations at Work
  12. Chapter 6 The Social Construction of Digital Technologies: The Politics behind Technology-centered Transformations 103
  13. Chapter 7 The Transformation of Work in the Digital Age: Coworking Spaces as Community-Based Models of Work Organization 125
  14. Chapter 8 Organizing Around Affect: Control and Potentiality in Contemporary Capitalism 145
  15. Part Four: Sustainable Environmental Transformation
  16. Chapter 9 Systemic Risks and Organizational Challenges in Transformative Processes: ‘Cybersecurity’ in the Food Field 165
  17. Chapter 10 Uniting the Means and Ends of Degrowth Transformation 189
  18. Chapter 11 Economic Organizations and the Transformation Towards Degrowth 209
  19. Part Five: Radical Democratic Futures
  20. Chapter 12 Organizing for Social Transformation from Below: Prefigurative Organizing and Civic Action 235
  21. Chapter 13 From Stakeholders to Communities of Care 257
  22. Chapter 14 The Possibilities of Radical Democratic Management 275
  23. Chapter 15 Searching for Transformative Potential: Comparing Conceptualizations of Open, Inclusive and Alternative Organizations 295
  24. Index 315
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