Rethinking ‘anthropocentric’ nature

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  • 「人間中心主義」 の自然観再考
  • A critique of dualism and the problems of space and time
  • 二元論批判と空間・時間

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Some authors claim that the traditional study of interaction between nature and human society--from an anthropocentric perspective--ignores natural or ecological limits. Therefore, they assert that we must convert our perspective from anthropocentrism to anti-anthropocentrism. However, a historical-cultural perspective shows us that there is no objective nature such as the anti-anthropocentric perspective proposes to represent, which is primarily based on dualism. In this respect, we should understand that nature is a historical construction of a community for the very simple reason that to deny human acts or society means to deny and to exclude the human from nature. In this paper, I will discuss these two perspectives and reveal the utility of adopting an historical-cultural perspective.

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  • CRID
    1390001205364508928
  • NII Article ID
    130004374241
  • DOI
    10.5690/kantoh.1997.49
  • ISSN
    18840086
    09194363
  • Text Lang
    ja
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    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
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