Summary
Studies in political ecology have demonstrated that our political concepts have been strongly influenced by our destructive relationship with nature, generally endorsed, they claim, by the Western philosophical tradition. These studies are invaluable but lacking. Indeed, they do not consider a political-philosophical tradition that criticised anthropocentrism, the nature-culture opposition, and the submission of nature to human ends: i.e. German Romanticism (1794-1830), corroborated philosophical source of ecology.
HOPE’s thesis is that the political thought of at least a part of the philosophers of German Romanticism is consistent with the criticism against the destruction of nature by humans: to them, human beings’ freedom does not imply the exploitation of nature and they claim that some political institutions better foster a harmonic relationship with it. Can we consider German Romanticism as a phase of a (yet to be written) history of political ecology? The historical-philosophical perspective offered by this project is urgent: the increasing importance of the environment in politics demands a re-examination of our political concepts, and history of (political) philosophy offers new viewpoints coming from old insights.
HOPE is divided in two phases: 1) in the first, it focuses on Alexander von Humboldt, the Romantic author who reflected the longest on the relationship between politics and nature; 2) in the second, the political thought of other key-figures of German Romanticism are investigated. The methodology of HOPE is Conceptual History; its use to address topics related to ecology will fill a gap in literature.
HOPE will be hosted at ENS-PSL and DePaul University. Four research articles will be published, a workshop and a conference will be organised, a website will be created. HOPE’s communication and dissemination strategy will improve awareness on environmental issues and give relevance to women philosophers, less known than their male counterpart.
HOPE’s thesis is that the political thought of at least a part of the philosophers of German Romanticism is consistent with the criticism against the destruction of nature by humans: to them, human beings’ freedom does not imply the exploitation of nature and they claim that some political institutions better foster a harmonic relationship with it. Can we consider German Romanticism as a phase of a (yet to be written) history of political ecology? The historical-philosophical perspective offered by this project is urgent: the increasing importance of the environment in politics demands a re-examination of our political concepts, and history of (political) philosophy offers new viewpoints coming from old insights.
HOPE is divided in two phases: 1) in the first, it focuses on Alexander von Humboldt, the Romantic author who reflected the longest on the relationship between politics and nature; 2) in the second, the political thought of other key-figures of German Romanticism are investigated. The methodology of HOPE is Conceptual History; its use to address topics related to ecology will fill a gap in literature.
HOPE will be hosted at ENS-PSL and DePaul University. Four research articles will be published, a workshop and a conference will be organised, a website will be created. HOPE’s communication and dissemination strategy will improve awareness on environmental issues and give relevance to women philosophers, less known than their male counterpart.
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| Web resources: | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101149047 |
| Start date: | 01-09-2024 |
| End date: | 31-08-2027 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | - 276 681,00 Euro |
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Studies in political ecology have demonstrated that our political concepts have been strongly influenced by our destructive relationship with nature, generally endorsed, they claim, by the Western philosophical tradition. These studies are invaluable but lacking. Indeed, they do not consider a political-philosophical tradition that criticised anthropocentrism, the nature-culture opposition, and the submission of nature to human ends: i.e. German Romanticism (1794-1830), corroborated philosophical source of ecology.HOPE’s thesis is that the political thought of at least a part of the philosophers of German Romanticism is consistent with the criticism against the destruction of nature by humans: to them, human beings’ freedom does not imply the exploitation of nature and they claim that some political institutions better foster a harmonic relationship with it. Can we consider German Romanticism as a phase of a (yet to be written) history of political ecology? The historical-philosophical perspective offered by this project is urgent: the increasing importance of the environment in politics demands a re-examination of our political concepts, and history of (political) philosophy offers new viewpoints coming from old insights.
HOPE is divided in two phases: 1) in the first, it focuses on Alexander von Humboldt, the Romantic author who reflected the longest on the relationship between politics and nature; 2) in the second, the political thought of other key-figures of German Romanticism are investigated. The methodology of HOPE is Conceptual History; its use to address topics related to ecology will fill a gap in literature.
HOPE will be hosted at ENS-PSL and DePaul University. Four research articles will be published, a workshop and a conference will be organised, a website will be created. HOPE’s communication and dissemination strategy will improve awareness on environmental issues and give relevance to women philosophers, less known than their male counterpart.
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HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01Update Date
22-11-2024
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