Publication: Ecologismo y holismo. Implicaciones teóricas y prácticas de una
ontología monista
Authors
Rendueles, César ; Vindel, Jaime ; Muíño, Emilio Santiago
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Ateneo de Estudios Políticos (ACEP)
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
El pensamiento ecologista es profundamente deudor de un marco ontológico monista,
que en su propia tradición ha recibido el nombre de holismo. En este artículo se rastrea la
genealogía de este fuerte compromiso teórico, así como los problemas epistemológicos y políticos
que plantea. Entre los primeros, una sociologización de la naturaleza que sin embargo no tiene en
cuenta el tipo de dilemas epistemológicos que son propios de las ciencias sociales. Entre los
segundos, un concepto de crisis ecológica fuertemente marcado por la noción de “efecto dominó”
que, entre otras implicaciones, contribuye a consolidar nociones muy simplistas del cambio social.
Finalmente, se ofrecen algunas propuestas para avanzar hacia un pensamiento ecologista
ontológicamente más modesto, y de signo pluralista, que incorpore la categoría de discontinuidad
para pensar los procesos de relación tanto entre naturaleza sociedad como entre diferentes
fenómenos sociales.
Environmentalist thought is deeply indebted to a monistic ontological framework, which in its own tradition has received the name of holism. This paper traces the genealogy of this strong theoretical commitment, as well as the epistemological and political issues it raises. Among the former, a sociologization of nature which, however, does not take into account the kind of epistemological dilemmas that are proper to the social sciences. Among the latter, a concept of ecological crisis strongly marked by the notion of "domino effect" which, among other implications, contributes to consolidate very simplistic notions of social change. Finally, some proposals are offered to move towards an ontologically more modest and pluralistic ecological thinking, which incorporates the category of discontinuity to think about the processes of relationship both between nature and society as well as between different social phenomena.
Environmentalist thought is deeply indebted to a monistic ontological framework, which in its own tradition has received the name of holism. This paper traces the genealogy of this strong theoretical commitment, as well as the epistemological and political issues it raises. Among the former, a sociologization of nature which, however, does not take into account the kind of epistemological dilemmas that are proper to the social sciences. Among the latter, a concept of ecological crisis strongly marked by the notion of "domino effect" which, among other implications, contributes to consolidate very simplistic notions of social change. Finally, some proposals are offered to move towards an ontologically more modest and pluralistic ecological thinking, which incorporates the category of discontinuity to think about the processes of relationship both between nature and society as well as between different social phenomena.
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Holismo , Monismo , Ecologismo , Pluralismo , Discontinuida , Holism , Monism , Environmentalism , Pluralism , Discontinuity
Citation
Pensamiento al margen, N. 18 (2023)
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