James SullivanKristin Shrader-Frechette on Injustice in Environmental Decision MakingIn the introductory chapter to her book Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy, Kristin Shrader-Frechette…Dec 13, 2020Dec 13, 2020
James SullivanWriting Off Civilization With Kingsnorth and HineIn “Uncivilization,” the manifesto for the Dark Mountain Movement, Paul Kingsnorth and Douglas Hine call for a radical challenge of the…Dec 13, 2020Dec 13, 2020
James SullivanDavid Abram and the Subversive Power of MagicIn the introduction to his book The Spell of the Sensuous, David Abram recounts his experiences observing the roles that magic and…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
James SullivanHeidegger and the Thinking of Technology“The Question Concerning Technology” is such a massive landmark text that if one wishes to say something meaningful about it, they would…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
James SullivanNaomi Klein on the Dangers and Insufficiencies of GeoengineeringIn the chapter titled “Geoengineering: Testing the Waters” from her book On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal, Naomi Klein…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
James SullivanThe Troubling Truths of Naomi Klein’s “The Right is Right”In the first chapter of her book This Changes Everything, titled “The Right is Right,” Naomi Klein makes the provocative argument that the…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
James SullivanThe Value of the Experiencing Subject in Tom Regan’s “The Case for Animal Rights”In his essay “The Case for Animal Rights,” Tom Regan begins with a specific list of real world political demands: the abolition of animal…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
James SullivanSinger and the Complexity of SufferingIn his essay “All Animals Are Equal,” Singer seeks to expand utilitarian ethics to consider not only human suffering but also the…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
James SullivanDomination and Utopianism in Bookchin’s “What is Social Ecology?”In his essay “What is Social Ecology,” Murray Bookchin argues that ecological issues are inseparable from social issues, namely hierarchy…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
James SullivanNature, Self, and Otherness in Naess’ “Self-Realization: An Ecological Approach to Being in the…Arne Naess is one of the chief thinkers in a movement known as Deep Ecology. Deep Ecology stands in opposition to “shallow ecology,”…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
