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…4 min read·Dec 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…5 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Dec 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…5 min read·Oct 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…4 min read·Oct 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…4 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Oct 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,”…4 min read·Oct 23, 2020----