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Debating Humanity explores sociological and philosophical efforts to delineate key features of humanity that identify us as members of the human species. After challenging the normative contradictions of contemporary posthumanism, this book goes back to the foundational debate on humanism between Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger in the 1940s and then re-assesses the implicit and explicit anthropological arguments put forward by seven leading postwar theorists: self-transcendence (Hannah Arendt), adaptation (Talcott Parsons), responsibility (Hans Jonas), language (Jürgen Habermas), strong evaluations (Charles Taylor), reflexivity (Margaret Archer) and reproduction of life (Luc Boltanski). Genuinely interdisciplinary and boldly argued, Daniel Chernilo has crafted a novel philosophical sociology that defends a universalistic principle of humanity as vital to any adequate understanding of social life.

Humanism. --- Human beings. --- Philosophical anthropology. --- Anthropology, Philosophical --- Man (Philosophy) --- Civilization --- Life --- Ontology --- Humanism --- Persons --- Philosophy of mind --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Philosophy --- Classical education --- Classical philology --- Philosophical anthropology --- Renaissance --- Sociology --- Anthropocentrism --- Hannah Arendt --- Human --- Immanuel Kant --- Jean-Paul Sartre --- Jürgen Habermas --- Martin Heidegger --- Social norm

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Our species has transitioned from being one among millions on Earth to the species that is single-handedly transforming the entire planet to suit its own needs. In order to meet the daunting challenges of environmental sustainability in this epoch of human domination--known as the Anthropocene--ecologists have begun to think differently about the interdependencies between humans and the natural world. This concise and accessible book provides the best available introduction to what this new ecology is all about--and why it matters more than ever before. Oswald Schmitz describes how the science of ecology is evolving to provide a better understanding of how human agency is shaping the natural world, often in never-before-seen ways. The new ecology emphasizes the importance of conserving species diversity, because it can offer a portfolio of options to keep our ecosystems resilient in the face of environmental change. It envisions humans taking on new roles as thoughtful stewards of the environment to ensure that ecosystems have the enduring capacity to supply the environmental services on which our economic well-being--and our very existence--depend. It offers the ecological know-how to maintain and enhance our planet's environmental performance and ecosystem production for the benefit of current and future generations. Informative and engaging, The New Ecology shows how today's ecology can provide the insights we need to appreciate the crucial role we play in this era of unprecedented global environmental transition. -- Provided by publisher.

Ecology --- Human ecology --- Nature --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Human beings --- Anthropogenic soils --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Effect of human beings on --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- milieuvraagstukken --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- 504 --- Ecology. --- Human ecology. --- Effect of human beings on. --- Anthropocene. --- New Ecology. --- adaptive capacity. --- animal rights. --- animal welfare. --- anthropocentrism. --- biodiversity. --- cod fishery. --- conservation. --- domesticating nature. --- ecocentrism. --- ecological functions. --- ecologists. --- ecology. --- ecosystem functions. --- ecosystem services. --- ecosystems. --- environmental change. --- environmental policy. --- environmental stewardship. --- ethics. --- human/nature divide. --- humanity. --- humans. --- humanЮature divide. --- industrial ecology. --- natural world. --- nature. --- nonanthropocentric ethics. --- plasticity. --- resilience. --- society. --- socio-ecological systems. --- species diversity. --- species. --- sustainability. --- technology. --- urban ecology.