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Green Politics Ecologism

Eugene Odum pioneered the concepts of ecosystems and understanding the environment as a system of interconnected communities. He argued we cannot understand the environment without appreciating the complex biological exchanges between organisms. Ecologism advocates considering the non-human world in social, economic, and political systems. It has biological and economic roots in understanding external relationships between organisms. The purpose of ecologism is to highlight the human-environment relationship and encourage environmental considerations in fields like politics and economics. It advocates transforming human-nature relations and respecting natural limits.

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Green Politics Ecologism

Eugene Odum pioneered the concepts of ecosystems and understanding the environment as a system of interconnected communities. He argued we cannot understand the environment without appreciating the complex biological exchanges between organisms. Ecologism advocates considering the non-human world in social, economic, and political systems. It has biological and economic roots in understanding external relationships between organisms. The purpose of ecologism is to highlight the human-environment relationship and encourage environmental considerations in fields like politics and economics. It advocates transforming human-nature relations and respecting natural limits.

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ECOLOGISM/GREEN POLITICS

Eugene Odum “The father of modern ecology”


1. Pioneered the concept of the ecosystem — the holistic
understanding of the environment as a system of interlocking biotic
communities. 
2. Odum argued that we cannot hope to understand the environment
without first appreciating the complex biological economy of shared
resources, competition and cooperation. 

Ecologism
 Ecologism or green politics is a new political ideology based on the position that
the non-human world is worthy of moral consideration, and that this should be
taken into account in social, economic, and political systems.
 Ecologism has a biological and an economic roots.
 Ecology was considered as “the science of the economy and habits,”
according to Stauffer, and was proponent in understanding the external
interrelations between organisms.

What is the purpose of Ecologism?


 The purpose of ecologism is to shed let on the relationship between
humans and the environment and encourage moral considerations for the
environment in various fields ranging from politics to economics .

Characteristics of Ecologism
 (1) Advocates a transformation in human–nature relations,(2)
challenges anthropocentric values,(3) emphasizes respect for
natural limits, and (4) calls for significant social and economic
change.

The politics of sensibilities


 Through the nineteenth and for much of the twentieth century, political
ideology had a strong economic focus.
 It emphasized the political importance of, variously, gender, ethnicity,
religion and culture.
 Ecologism differs from both the politics of material distribution and the
politics of identity.
 Ecologism is deeper and more radical than other political ideologies
because it practices the politics of sensibilities, sensibilities referring to
levels of awareness or discernment.

Ecologism can be divided into three broad categories, as follows:

1. Modernist ecology- Modernist ecology has an essentially reformist


character, in that it seeks to reconcile the principle of ecology with the
central features of capitalist modernity (individual self-seeking,
materialism, economic growth and so on).
-Modernist ecology thus extends moral and philosophical sensibilities only in
modest directions.
2. Social ecology- Refer to the idea that ecological principles can and
should be applied to social organisation, in which case an anarchist
commune can be thought of as an ecosystem.The advance of ecological
principles therefore requires a process of radical social change
-Social ecology is a term coined by the US anarchist social philosopher,
Murray Bookchin (1921- 2006).
-However, social ecology, thus defined, encompasses three distinct ecological
traditions:
 Eco-socialism- Advances an environmental critique of capitalism: in short,
capitalism is the enemy of nature, while socialism is its friend.
 Eco-anarchism- Advances an environmental critique of patriarchy: in
short, domination over women leads to domination over nature.
 Eco-feminism- advances an environmental critique of patriarchy: in short,
domination over women leads to domination over nature.

3. Deep ecology- Emphasizes the need for paradigm change, that is, for a
change in our core thinking and assumptions about the world.
-The term deep ecology was coined by the Norwegian philosopher Arne
Naess (1912-2009)

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