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Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina, as recounted in his award-winning memoir Twelve by Twelve. Could he live a similarly minimalist life in the heart of New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens townhouse, and moved into a 350-square-foot “micro-apartment” in Greenwich Village. Downshifting to a two-day workweek, Powers explores the viability of Slow Food and Slow Money, technology fasts and urban sanctuaries. Discovering a colorful cast of New Yorkers attempting to resist the culture of Total Work, Powers offers an inspiring exploration for anyone trying to make urban life more people- and planet-friendly.

Book Review: The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac | Earth.Org - Past | Present | Future

Book Review: The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac | Earth.Org - Past | Present | Future



Book Review: The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
BY GEORGE RICHARDSAFRICA AMERICAS ASIA EUROPE GLOBAL COMMONS OCEANIADEC 4TH 20205 MINS


There might be no two people better positioned to write about the reasons to hold onto hope in the face of the climate crisis than Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. As the UN’s Executive Secretary and Chief Political Strategist respectively, the two played central roles in the historic Paris Agreement of 2015, widely recognised as the most substantial step towards staving off runaway climate change since talks began. Entering a space of decided hopelessness, they banded together to create what they call a ‘contagious frame of mind that led to collective wisdom’. It is this frame of mind that takes central focus in their new book The Future We Choose.



The Future We Choose a guidebook for climate activism and active participation. It also functions, in a way, as a kind of climate self-help book for the many who feel crushed under the ‘fatal knowledge’ of everything to come. In this way, their book fills a large but closing gap in the climate narrative, where hopelessness and incapacitating nihilism have the monopoly. Yet it is to the authors’ credit that the story of optimism and hope that they tell is not a whitewashed or reductive one. The book does not turn a blind eye to the true, horrifying depths of the crisis. They instead show that a gritty, grounded optimism is always available to us, even as we look at the crisis dead-on.

In one of the best sections of The Future We Choose, the authors present two contrasting narrative styles: one chapter fearful and alarmist, the next hopeful. The friction between these two chapters works well to underline a key point that we are still—though barely—inside the window of time in which we have relative agency over our climate.

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First is a portrait of a 2050 world in which we have failed to halt global emissions. This means that we are on track for 3 or 4 degrees of warming beyond pre-industrial levels. In this world, ‘The first thing that hits you is the air.’ It is hot and heavy, and your ‘cough never seems to disappear.’ With the carbon sinks of the world utterly ravaged, ‘Tipping point after tipping point is being reached.’ Countries the world-over suffer ‘brutal infrastructure destructions.’ Every day, ‘some new part of the world must evacuate to higher ground’ due to rising seas. Some cities are on the verge of desertification. Mass migrations are everywhere to see since the equatorial band became largely uninhabitable. There is, everywhere, ‘a sense of bottomless loss, unbearable guilt and fierce resentment at previous generations who didn’t do what was necessary to ward off this unstoppable calamity.’

This first fearful chapter echoes the zeitgeist of climate storytelling today: stories of doom and portents of a world that science says we are bound for. And, of course, it is a story that bears repeating. But it is at this point that The Future We Choose makes a crucial manoeuvre, taking a speculative glance at a very different 2050. In the next chapter, we find a portrait of a world in which we all did what we had to do in order to stave off catastrophe. Here, the air is very different. It is ‘moist and fresh, even in cities.’ In many places, ‘it feels a lot like walking through a forest.’ This is due to drastic plunges in air pollution, massive rewilding projects and a ‘complete reimagining of cities.’ The chapter documents, in riveting detail, the ‘excitement and innovation of the new climate economy’ in which we no longer recklessly burn fossil fuels, and in which renewable energy has created millions of jobs and an abundance of energy. ‘The wide-ranging transition to renewable energy was at times uncomfortable,’ they say, ‘yet we finally saw that transition for what it was—the tantalising opportunity to reimagine the way we live on and interact with the planet. When alarm bells rang in 2020 … we realised that we suffered from too much consumption. But humanity was only ever as doomed as it believed itself to be. Vanquishing that belief was our true legacy.’

This key early sequence in the book underlines the value of holding both worlds in our hands; alarm and grief in one and hope and forward-thinkingness in the other. Indeed, the friction between these two visions of the future casts as wide a net as possible for readers. The story of alarm and horror reminds us of the urgent need for action, while the story of hope–an uplifting vision which is like a hook in the future–awakens the creativity and energy required for such transformational change. We should, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac say, take adequate time to grieve, but that heartbreak that we feel ‘should spur us onto greater action rather than sink us into a pit of blame [or] despair.’ Gearing our collective mindsets away from climate despair towards a more regenerative point of view will, the authors suggest, be the first crucial step towards meaningful change.

Figueres and Rivett-Carnac dub this philosophy ‘Stubborn Optimism.’ They define it as a gritty, realistic mindset that exists not because success is necessarily likely, but because failure is simply unthinkable. After 30 years of climate reporting, we all have learned responses of hopelessness. Yet it is possible to deliberately reprogramme ourselves.

We might believe, rather gravely, that it is too late to change course. But remember, the authors say, that ‘every fraction of warming makes a difference’ and that ‘any reduction lessens the burden on the future.’ We might feel that it is all just too depressing to look at. The authors say that we should remind ourselves that ‘mobilising for generational change can be thrilling,’ that we have ‘the outrageous fortune to be here on this planet at a moment of profound consequence,’ when we can still change course. Or we might be convinced of the impossibility of lightening society’s dependence on fossil fuels. But keep in mind, they say, that 50% of energy in the UK already comes from power sources other than fossil fuels, that Costa Rica is almost 100% renewable, that companies including Amazon have pledged carbon-neutrality by 2050, and that China, the world’s largest emitter, has pledged the same by before 2060. We might be firm in our belief that it is surely impossible to shift the tide of public indifference. However historically, only as little as 3.5% of a population has ever needed to mobilise non-violently to bring into effect transformative societal change, and polling shows that a majority of people now understand the climate crisis to be among the defining issues of our time.

Such is the exciting, regenerative attitude that Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac provide in The Future We Choose. It is a narrative of hope that is under appreciated in climate storytelling. Yet the book never allows for this optimism to eclipse the real, tragic losses of the Anthropocene, nor does it fail to tell this story without the required urgency. It is a book for anyone who wants to meaningfully engage with the largest crisis of our time without falling into the familiar pits of despair by the time they close the book, awakening instead the intense desire to participate in meaningful action.

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"An honest, compelling, surprising, and vastly reassuring book about the spiritual life of women . . . This landmark book is spiritual precisely because it is authentic."--Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

With a foreword by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

For many contemporary women, the old patriarchal models of religion are no longer relevant, forming a need to look beyond the male-oriented past to a wider, more fulfilling spiritual horizon. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Sherry Anderson and Patricia Hopkins show how many women have redefined traditional beliefs and rediscovered their own unique spiritual heritage--The Feminine Face of God. Anderson and Hopkins guide you through the sacred garden of:

- Childhood--seedbed of life's sacred passage
- Leaving home--finding your own inner authority
- Relationships--new perspectives on intimacy
- Spiritual practice--the importance of guidance and discipline
- Sexuality--a wild card constantly cracking open the heart
- And much more

As women enter their sacred garden and learn the art of inner listening, they acquire the tools for living, loving, and praying authentically. In The Feminine Face of God there are seeds for growth: for creating and sustaining intimacy and love in a new way; for a new understanding of sexuality; for a new vision of family, a family of choice in a community of love.

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Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D. is a writer and speaker who started delving into the matter of growing old by the time she turned fifty. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she was a curious kid, staggering home from the library with towers of books in her arms. Wanting to discover other worlds. By thirty-five, working as a research psychologist and raising a family in Toronto, she was looking not so much for escape but for penetrating questions. In her forties, settled in Northern California, she was writing about questions that wouldn't go away. First, there was the best selling The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women (Bantam, 1991), with Patricia Hopkins, and then category best seller The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World (Harmony/Random House, 2000), with Paul H. Ray. Her latest book, also with questions at the core, is Ripening Time: Inside Stories for Aging with Grace (Changemakers Books, 2013). And there's a short film A Woman's Descent to the Sacred available through You Tube. Since 2000, she has also been a teacher of inner work that is, as you might have guessed, devoted to asking deep questions (the Diamond Approach to Spiritual Development®). You can find more on Sherry's website http://www.sherryruthanderson.com

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For many contemporary women, the old patriarchal models of religion are no longer relevant, forming a need to look beyond the male-oriented past to a wider, more fulfilling spiritual horizon. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Sherry Anderson and Patricia Hopkins show how many women have redefined spiritual beliefs and rediscovered their unique spiritual heritage - The Feminine Face of God.

Anderson and Hopkins guide you through the sacred garden of:
* Childhood - seedbed of life's sacred passage
* Leaving home - finding your own inner authority
* Relationships - new perspectives on intimacy
* Spiritual practice - the importance of guidance and discipline
* Sexuality - a wild card constantly cracking open the heart
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Elizabeth
Nov 04, 2014Elizabeth rated it really liked it
This is an invaluable if dated resource for navigating complex spiritual landscapes from a place of vulnerability and intuition. It can be bio-essentialist (exclusive of trans people) and approaches femme spirituality from the perspectives of "women" and not "femmes", womyn, feminine of center people and/or a myriad of other identities that need to be included but aren't necessarily within the title "women". But as a source of wisdom, strength, affirmation, encouragement, challenging and guidance, the authors have created an excellent resource, particularly the imagery of tending an inner garden that's woven throughout the text, and the stories they collected of these womens' lives, that resonates as much now as I'm sure it did then. (less)
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Kar Schmidt Holloway
May 28, 2013Kar Schmidt Holloway rated it it was ok
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Cisnormative, heteronormative, euro-centric. Includes the voices of people of color but seems to try to squeeze non-major religious traditions (like Native American traditions) into the authors' personal theories of a universal feminine spiritual experience. Sort of appropriative, but really more speaking over and attempting to speak for all women in all cultures and religious traditions. (less)
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Rae
May 29, 2011Rae rated it really liked it
Shelves: feminism
This was a very enlightening book for me in college. Near the end of the book, the authors talk about women who have remained in their marriages versus those who have left to be alone or a few with women. My boyfriend now husband had broken up with me, and I remember thinking about this. An all female commune was starting to sound good...Also, this book is not a hard core male bashing read, which was a relief from the other feminist literature I was reading at the time.
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J.M.
Jul 08, 2009J.M. rated it liked it
Shelves: religious, nonfiction, feminist
Read this in college. It was a real eye-opener to me, who was raised Catholic and unfamiliar with the feminine in religion, particularly feminine aspects of the Deity which retain sexuality (as opposed to being sexless or celibate). Very interesting read. I'd recommend it for any woman looking to find a sacredness she can better identify with in conventional religions. (less)
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Isis Isis
Mar 02, 2013Isis Isis rated it did not like it
About the worst introduction to sacred feminine concepts. Written with a strong judaistic influence. There is almost a worshipful wishful devotion to the dominant male perspective throughout this book. As if the author was desperately seeking approval from ancient male bible characters. One of the most disappointing reads in feminine spiritual literature to date.
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Athena Macmillan
Nov 24, 2020Athena Macmillan rated it liked it
Shelves: inspirational, spiritual, thought-provoking, for-and-about-women, earth-wisdom, cultural-issues, feminism, human-behavior, 2020-reads, relatable
This is a fantastic book for what it is, but you can really tell it was written in the 90s, being very heteronormative and trans exclusionary. It also would have been nice to see accounts from Islamic women and those following earth based traditions. That being said, many of the ideas and questions they raise are still very much relevant today, with the emphasis that everybody's spiritual journey is unique. (less)
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Doreen
Mar 25, 2022Doreen rated it it was amazing
I first read this book about 25 years ago when I was co-leading a woman's study group. It led me on a quest to more deeply explore my own spirituality. Now after relocating from the east coast to California, I once again needed a connection to my spiritual side and THE FEMININE FACE OF GOD gave me the jump start that I didn't even know I needed. Just like the women in the book, my spiritual journey was personal, private, and ingrained deep in my body and soul. Over the years, I have given away my copy of this book to several women who were exploring their own spirituality over the years. But since settling into my west coast home, I decided to get a copy of this book again - and this time I will keep my copy. I have suggested this title to a friend who is exploring her own spirituality after having read Mitch Albom's The Stranger in the Lifeboat, and she immediately purchased a copy. (less)
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Celía Burke
Jun 08, 2016Celía Burke rated it it was amazing
I picked up this book over a year ago in a used bookstore and I'm so glad I did. Though this book is older, the concepts it presents are timeless. Seeking divinity in what is feminine is ancient, and I am not alone in wanting to explore my spirituality with this point of view. What I love about this book is that it emphasizes that everyone's spiritual journey is different, and though it offers stories of different women's experiences, there's always a reminder of taking your own path, or "tending to your garden." In a world where people are so quick to take sides and believe that everything is black and white, I live in the gray. These women do too, even those who follow a specific religious path. I truly appreciate that and find it refreshing. Because of this, it holds up even after almost 3 decades. (less)
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Rae
Oct 20, 2009Rae rated it it was ok
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I read this back in my early college days when I was much more interested in feminist issues. I found it useful to examine the spiritual side of women and this gave me a lot to think about. Nothing earth-shattering though.
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Joann
Jan 13, 2020Joann rated it really liked it
Twenty years ago when I read this book, my concerns were individual and much different than they are today. This time when I read the book, I was interested in spirituality, my own and that of my country. While it is true that changes have been made in the last twenty years, much remains the same. We have yet to elect a woman to the office of president or Vice President. Most CEOs are still male and only Title IX has succeeded in opening athletic doors for women. (Though sport is not specifically included in this Act, it has bled into the field of sport allowing women more support). Religion still has a stranglehold on people and policies. Most likely there would be a full scale riot if a temple honoring goddesses was erected and provided solace for some.

Do I have answers about spirituality, even after reading this book? Not really, but I will keep looking for myself and for this Planet.
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Viki Sonntag
Jan 01, 2018Viki Sonntag rated it it was amazing
I've just reread this after some 20- 25 (?) years. Wow. Very impressive in its humanity and scholarship. Considering it was published in 1991, there is good representation of women of color and lesbians "in their own words". Profoundly, I believe the book values deep questions, not for seeking definitive answers but to explore the essence of women's sacred unfolding in everyday life. Speaking finally to how we, as individuals, as women and women-identified folks, find ourselves in community and within each other, I felt was powerfully inclusive, even to revealing the space for our collective mind to consider the more complex issues of our times. Quoting one community, "in our diversity is our strength". (less)
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Jeanne Thornton
Aug 08, 2020Jeanne Thornton rated it really liked it
I found this book for free on the street in Bushwick; I took it home based on randomly turning to the part where Meinrad Craighead leaves the convent after starting to uncontrollably paint birds in her work: "an archetype of flight." The rest of the book did not disappoint. The coauthors' introduction alludes to some kind of conflict between them at some point during the process of researching and writing the book: I wish I knew more about this, because the moments when they show up--conducting interviews in isolated forest trailers, etc.--bring much life. (less)
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SusanAhh
Nov 29, 2018SusanAhh rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: non-fiction, spirituality
Like most books of this type... it stimulates helpful thinking. By no means is it a transformative or revolutionary approach to the divine in femme energy. There is so much more. So much scared femme history lost to religious, societal and even spiritual patriarchy. It is worthwhile to read for some of the ideas...half complete as they may be.
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Melissa
Aug 05, 2020Melissa rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Important today and timeless

I was somewhat skeptical that this book would seem dated and reminiscent. It is so relevant and so deeply resonant for our current times. It just kept getting better and more interesting until the brilliant end.
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Fernanda Navarro
May 23, 2017Fernanda Navarro rated it it was amazing
Beautiful book, full of inspiring sroties. Perfect for finding your own spiritual path, your own inner garden.
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Em Eichner Niculcea
Oct 30, 2017Em Eichner Niculcea rated it liked it
Super interesting theory/idea, but a little vague in application.
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Constance Chevalier
Sep 24, 2018Constance Chevalier rated it it was ok
I was looking for more.



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심층생태학에 대해 들어 보지 못한 사람이라도, 심층생태학의 내용과 실천은 낯설지가 않을 것이다. 심층생태학은 1970년대 아르네 네스가 처음 명명하고 정립한 이후 국내외 환경 생태 분야에 지대한 영향을 미쳐 왔기 때문이다. 우리나라의 대표적 생협인 한살림 운동, 한국 생태 운동의 한 획을 그은 『녹색평론』, 세계적 베스트셀러 『오래된 미래』, 천성산 도롱뇽 지키기와 ‘강은 흘러야 한다’는 4대강 되살리기의 메시지 등이 모두 심층생태학의 흐름 속에 있다. 자연을 인간이 이용할 도구로 보는 인간 중심적 관점이 환경 위기의 근본적인 원인이라 진단하고, 모든 생명을 존중하며 인간 사회와 온 지구 생명체와의 조화를 촉구하는 심층생태학의 메시지는 환경운동계에는 물론, 우리 사회 전반에 깊숙이 스며들어 있다.

심층생태학은 한편에서는 비현실적인 근본주의 사상이라며 폄하돼 오기도 했다. 하지만 기후위기와 코로나19 등 환경 재난이 갈수록 심각한 양상을 보이면서 심층생태학의 통찰에 점점 더 많은 이들이 귀를 기울이고 있다. 관습적이고 개량적인 대응으로는 우리가 마주한 환경문제들을 해결할 수 없다는 것이 분명해지고 있기 때문이다.

이 책은 심층생태학의 고전으로, 본격적인 심층생태학 서적으로는 국내에 처음 출간되는 책이다. 영미권 환경 사상 분야의 가장 중요한 저작 중 하나로도 꼽히는 이 책은 독자들에게 심층생태학을 소개하면서 깊은 생태적 성찰과 영감, 그리고 생태적 전환의 길을 제시해 준다.



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1장 아무것도 할 수 없지만, 무엇이든 가능하다
2장 비주류 전통과 직접 행동
3장 현대의 지배적인 세계관과 그 비판
4장 개량주의적 대응
5장 심층생태학의 원리
6장 심층생태학적 사고의 전거들
7장 왜 지금 야생인가?
8장 자연자원을 보전할 것인가, 아니면 자연의 온전함을 보호할 것인가
9장 에코토피아 비전의 규정
10장 인격과 문화
11장 생태적 저항

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부록 A 에코소피 T / 아르네 네스
B 페미니즘과 생태학 / 캐롤린 머천트
C 간디, 도겐 그리고 심층생태학 / 로버트 아잇켄 노사
D 서구의 과정형이상학(헤라클레이토스, 화이트헤드, 스피노자)/ 조지 세션스
E 인간중심주의 / 존 시드
F 의례가 중요하다 / 돌로레스 라샤펠
G 불교와 지구적인 문화의 가능성 / 게리 스나이더
H 『1984』에 덧붙임 / 조지 세션스
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P. 22전형적인 환경보호주의는 그 지지자들 사이에 기이하고 부정적인 정치적 불만감을 야기해 왔다. 거의 매일 벌어지는 새로운 참상에 촉각을 곤두세우면서, 그들은 생명을 위협하는 새로운 각각의 상황들에 대한 규모를 조사하고, 그에 저항하고자 뛰쳐나가고, 앞으로의 재발을 막으려고 기력이 소진될 때까지 캠페인을 벌인다. 물론 가치 있는 일이다. 하지만 응급실로만 이루어진 병원을 생각해 보라. 거기엔 임산부 진료도, 소아과 진료도, 앞날이 기대되는 치료법도 없다 그저 심하게 훼손된 외상 환자들뿐이다. 많은 경우 가망이 없거나 시간만 질질 끌어 지치게 만든다. 몇 사람을 구해 내더라도 항상 손 쓸 수 있는 것보다 더 많은 환자들이 문으로 밀려 들어온다. 환경을 구하는 일은 범접할 수 없는 살인무기를 상대로 전쟁을 치르면서 싸움에 졌다 싶을 때마다 다른 전장으로 근거지를 옮겨 다니는 야전 응급치료소를 운영하는 것이 돼 버렸다. 환경보호의 도덕적 기초를 의심하는 사람은 아무도 없으나, 기본적으로 끝없는 몸부림과도 같은 방어적인 태도는 살육을 완전히 끝내려는 노력에 방해가 된다. 환경운동가들은 상황이 얼마나 심각한지 알지만 자신들은 그저 타협 외에는 할 수 있는 게 없는 입장에 처해 있다고 생각한다. 접기
P. 41~42그러나 현대사회에서 생태 의식을 기르는 일은 양날의 검과 같다. 우리는 변화에 대한 우리의 열정에 오도되어 오직 협소한 자아에만 관심이 국한되어서는 안 된다. 단지 개인적 구원만을 구하고자 한다면 우리는 환경을 계속 오염시키는 ‘죄인들’로 분류된 군중들 사이에서 고독한 생태학적 성인聖人이 될 수도 있을 것이다. 개인의 변화는 문화의 변화를 필요로 하고, 그 역 또한 마찬가지다. 우리는 개인적 영역도 사회적 영역도 무시하고 지나칠 수 없다. 왜냐하면 우리의 프로젝트는 우리들 서로 사이에서, 그리고 지구라는 행성과 우리 자신들 사이에서 조화를 도모하고자 하는 것이기 때문이다. 접기
P. 118~119많은 사람이 개량주의적 환경보호주의의 가장 좋은 부분은 받아들이면서도, 뭔가 부족하다고 느꼈다. 그들은 더 깊은 질문을 하고 있다. 그들은 환경과 생태 운동에서 지배적인 세계관과는 다른 가정에 바탕을 둔, 분명한 철학적 접근이 필요하다고 생각한다.
그들은 개량주의적 대응의 가장 좋은 부분을 일관된 철학적 관점으로 해 나갈 필요성을, 즉 인간 중심이 아닌 생명 중심적 가정을 기반으로 하는 철학이 필요하다는 것을 깨닫고 있다. 이 철학은 생태학의 과학에 의지할 수 있어야 하지만, 그렇다고 과학주의에 얽매여서도 안 된다. 또 자연을 인간이 다루는 데이터 조각들의 집합이라고 정의하는 한계에 갇혀서도 안 된다. …… 1972년에 아르네 네스는 이러한 철학을 논의하기 시작했고, 이를 심층생태학이라고 명명했다. 접기
P. 126호주의 철학자 워릭 폭스는 심층생태학의 가장 중심이 되는 직관을 다음과 같이 간결하게 표현했다. “인간이 존재의 현장에 확실한 존재론적 분할을 할 수 없다는 생각이 바로 그것이다. 즉 현실에서 인간과 비인간의 영역을 나누는 경계란 것은 사실상 존재하지 않는다. …… 우리가 그 분계선을 인식하는 한, 우리는 깊은 생태 의식에 미치지 못한다.” 접기
P. 141~142“심층생태학에는 우리에겐 충분한 이유 없이 다른 생명체를 파괴할 권리가 없다는 기본적인 직관이 있습니다. 심층생태학의 또 다른 규범은, 인간은 성숙할수록 다른 생명체가 기쁨을 경험할 때 기쁨을, 다른 생명이 슬픔을 겪을 때 슬픔을 느끼게 될 것이란 점입니다. 우리는 형제와 개와 고양이가 슬픔을 느낄 때 같이 슬퍼할 뿐 아니라, 풍경을 포함한 모든 살아 있는 것들이 파괴되는 모습에도 역시 비통함을 느낄 것입니다. 우리 문명에는 우리가 마음대로 사용할 수 있는 어마어마한 파괴 수단이 있지만, 우리의 감정은 거의 성숙하지 못한 상태입니다. 지금까지 대부분의 인류는 다양한 감정 중 아주 몇 가지의 감정에만 관심을 가져왔습니다.” 접기
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저자 및 역자소개
빌 드발 (Bill Devall) (지은이)
저자파일
신간알리미 신청

학계와 현장을 넘나들며 오래된 숲과 야생지 보호의 필요성을 역설한 학자이자 환경운동가이다. 앨버타 대학교와 훔볼트 대학교에서 사회학을 가르쳤으며, 당시 주류 사회학이 다루던 통상적인 주제들을 벗어나 삼림 관리, 방사성 폐기물, 야생지 문제 등을 강의 주제로 다루었다. 노르웨이의 철학자 아르네 네스의 초기 저작과 미국 시인 게리 스나이더의 작품에 영향을 받아 다수의 심층생태사상 관련 서적을 펴냈다. 주요 저작으로 『딥 에콜로지』, 『수단은 간단하게, 목적은 풍성하게Simple in Means, Rich in Ends』 등이 있다.


최근작 : <딥 에콜로지> … 총 7종 (모두보기)

조지 세션스 (George Sessions) (지은이)
저자파일
신간알리미 신청

아르네 네스와 더불어 서구 심층생태사상 운동의 주요 인물로 꼽힌다. 캘리포니아 록클린의 시에라 대학교에서 50년 가까이 재직하며 철학을 가르쳤다. 경제성장과 물질적 팽창에 기반한 서구 문명을 전면적으로 비판하고 생태주의적 관점에서 서구 문명의 철학적 기반을 재검토하고자 했다. 그의 환경철학은 주로 1960년대 미국의 ‘생태주의 혁명기’에 쏟아졌던 여러 문헌들에 뿌리를 두고 있으며, 해당 시기의 주요 작품들은 저자 자신이 편집·출간한 『21세기를 위한 심층생태사상Deep Ecology for the 21st Century』에 다수 수... 더보기

최근작 : <딥 에콜로지> … 총 6종 (모두보기)

김영준 (옮긴이)

법학, 생태학, 철학을 전공하고 이 세 가지를 엮는 일에 관심이 있다. 대학 강의, 공무원, 변호사 일을 하고 있으며, 지구법, 통합생태학, 평화학, 커먼즈학 등에 관심을 가지고 있다. 옮긴 책으로는 『최후의 전환』이 있다.




민정희 (옮긴이)
저자파일
신간알리미 신청

불교단체에서 국제연대 사업을 주로 맡아왔으며, 기후위기 비상행동 공동운영위원장으로 활동했다. 현재 세계자연보전연맹(IUCN) 환경·경제·사회정책위원회(CEESP) 위원으로 활동하고 있으며, 국제참여불교네트워크(INEB)의 이사, 국제기후종교시민(ICE) 네트워크의 사무총장을 맡고 있다. 옮긴 책으로는 『과학이 우리를 구원하지 못할 때 불교가 할 수 있는 것』, 『적을수록 풍요롭다』, 『단 하나뿐인 우리의 집』이 있다.

최근작 : <뉴래디컬리뷰 2021.겨울> … 총 5종 (모두보기)

함엄석 (옮긴이)

대학에서 영문학을 전공했고 현재 강원도 공무원으로 재직 중이다. 기후위기의 정책적 대응 모색과 공공조직의 탈관료화가 직업적 관심사이고, 공장식 축산을 둘러싼 문제의식과 담론에 윤리적 관심을 두고 있다. 아이의 미래를 건사하려면 내가 조금 더 불편해져야 한다고 믿으며, 실천의 방편으로 비건을 지향하고 새 옷을 사지 않는다.



박미숙 (옮긴이)

대학원에서 불문학을 전공했다. 은행에서 20년 일하다가 다르게 살기로 결심했다. 바다를 그리는 화가로 활동하고 있으며, 시민들에게 기후위기를 알리기 위해 기후변화 씨네톡의 상영 영화를 번역하는 작업을 4년째 맡아서 하고 있다.




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심층생태학이란 무엇인가?

심층생태학은 한마디로 설명하기 쉽지 않다. 그것은 하나의 학문 분야라기보다는 사상 체계 내지 철학 체계에 가깝다. 역자들은 “엄정하고 수미일관한 학문체계라기보다는 살이 돋고 피가 흐르는 ‘오래된 지혜’에 가까운 것”이라고 표현한다. 아르네 네스는 심층생태학의 본질에 대해 이렇게 설명한다.

심층생태학의 본질은 더 깊은 질문을 묻는 데 있습니다. …… 과학으로서의 생태학은 특정한 생태계를 유지하는 데 어떤 종류의 사회가 가장 좋은가를 묻지 않습니다. 그런 건 가치이론, 정치학, 윤리학을 위한 질문이라고 생각하죠. …… 심층생태학에서는 현재의 사회가 사랑, 안전, 그리고 자연에의 접근과 같은 인간의 기본적인 필요를 충족시켜 주고 있는지를 묻고, 그렇게 질문함으로써 우리 사회의 근본에 깔린 가정들에 이의를 제기합니다. 어떤 사회가, 어떤 교육이, 종교의 어떤 형태가 전체로서의 지구 위 모든 생명에게 이로운 것인지를 묻고, 더 나아가 그에 필요한 변화를 만들어 내기 위해서 우리가 무엇을 해야 하는지를 묻습니다. 우리는 과학적 접근법에만 국한되어 있지 않습니다. -138~139쪽

심층생태학은 과학기술에 기반한 산업 사회의 지배적인 세계관에 문제를 제기한다. 그것이 우리가 겪는 환경 위기의 원인이라고 보기 때문이다. 그리하여 불교, 도교, 북미 선주민 전통, 과학적 생태학, 자연주의 문학, 페미니즘, 하이데거, 간디의 비폭력주의 등 다양한 비주류 전통에서 통찰과 영감을 끌어와 대안적인 세계를 모색한다. 이 책은 심층생태학과 지배적 세계관의 차이를 다음과 같이 요약한다.

지배적인 세계관
심층생태학
자연에 대한 지배
자연과의 조화
인간을 위한 자원으로서의 자연환경
모든 자연은 내재적 가치/생물종의 동등성 지님
증가하는 인구를 위한 물질적/경제적 성장
고아하고 단순한 물질적 필요(자기완성이라는 보다 큰 목적에 부합하는 물질적 목표)
풍부한 자원 비축에 대한 믿음
지구의 ‘비축량’은 제한적
첨단기술의 진보와 그에 따른 해법
적정기술과 군림하지 않는 과학
소비주의
필요한 만큼만 쓰고 재활용하기
국가적/중앙집권화된 사회
비주류 전통/생태 지역으로 묶인 지역

심층생태학은 동서양의 오래된 비주류 전통의 종교와 철학을 이야기한다는 점에서 근본적/급진적(radical)이다. 그것은 우리 사회의 총체적인 각성과 전환을 주문한다.

개량주의적 환경보호냐 심층생태적 저항이냐

환경문제가 심각해지면서 오늘날 환경보호는 당연한 상식이 되었다. 환경운동단체들은 정부와 사회에 오염물질 배출을 규제하고, 생태계를 파괴할 수 있는 개발을 막고, 야생동식물을 보호할 것을 호소하며, 그 결과 관련 정책들이 자리를 잡았다.
심층생태학에서는 이런 대응들이 의미 있으며 소중하다는 것을 인정한다. 하지만 동시에 그것의 한계도 지적한다. 이 책의 표현에 따르면, 그런 식의 환경운동은 “범접할 수 없는 살인무기를 상대로 전쟁을 치르면서 싸움에 졌다 싶을 때마다 다른 전장으로 근거지를 옮겨 다니는 야전 응급치료소를 운영하는 것과 같다”는 것이다. 전쟁터에서 몇 사람을 구해 내더라도 계속해 환자가 밀려들듯, 환경문제도 끊임없이 발생하며 생태계는 계속 위기 상태에 있다는 것이다. 문제의 근본적 원인을 건드리지 않는다면, 그런 시도는 아무리 가치 있더라도 ‘개량적’일 수밖에 없다는 게 심층생태학의 진단이다.
심층생태학은 그 이상으로 나아갈 것을 주문한다. 환경문제에 대한 개별적 대응을 넘어 현대 사회의 지배적 세계관을 변화시킬 수 있어야 한다고 이야기한다. 성장과 발전을 최고의 가치로 삼고, 자연을 ‘잘 이용해야’ 할 대상으로 보는 태도를 바꿔야 생태계를 구해 낼 수 있다는 것이다. 여러 환경운동의 성과에도 불구하고 기후위기와 생태계 파괴가 갈수록 심해지고 있는 현재의 상황은 심층생태학의 이런 주장을 되새겨 보게 한다.

생태 위기의 시대를 헤쳐 갈 ‘오래된 지혜’를 찾아서

“싫든 좋든, 결국 우리 모두는 이 청록색의 작은 행성에 살아가는 ‘거주민’이다. …… 분명히 지금은 패권 논쟁은 한쪽에 밀쳐 두고, 끊임없이 인간과 자원을 착취하려는 경제학은 외면하고, 지구를 우선시할 때이다.”
지금의 상황을 이야기하는 듯 생생한 이 구절은 40년 전 생태 시인 게리 스나이더가 한 말이다. 그때도 지금도 패권 논쟁과 끊임없이 인간과 자원을 착취하려는 경제학은 계속되고 있다. 그때도 지금도 지구를 우선시하는 사회는 오지 않았다. 오히려 그때보다 지금 더, 인류는 위기에 처해 있다.
많은 사람들이 이미 이제까지와 같은 방식으론 이 위기를 해결할 수 없다는 생각을 하고 있다. 인간 중심적인 태도로는 인간 역시 구할 수 없다는 것도 명백해지면서, 근본적인 변화를 갈망하는 이들도 늘어나고 있다. 우리에겐 생명 중심적인 철학이, 자연과 인간의 연결성을 직관하는 지혜가 필요하다. 심층생태학의 오래된 지혜가 필요하다.
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Chikako Ozawa-de Silva - Mindfulness of the Kindness of Others... (ASI 2...





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Mindfulness of the Kindness of Others: The Contemplative Practice of Naikan in Cultural Context Chikako Ozawa-de Silva, Emory University Mindfulness in the Buddhist tradition involves a variety of practices, and contemporary secular forms of mindfulness practices, therapies and interventions that can similarly be broadened to include more of these forms. The Japanese practice of Naikan (meaning introspection or innerlooking) takes one mindfulness practice from the Buddhist tradition—that of recollecting the kindness of others—and asks clients to engage in this practice for one solid week, fourteen hours per day. Naikan does not see itself as a "therapy" or as a means for addressing particular mental health disorders, but as a "way to happiness." Nevertheless, difficult interpersonal relationships and a perceived lack of social support are chief sources of stress, and Japanese selfhood in particular has been described as interdependent and highly social in nature. It is unsurprising therefore that Japanese would be drawn to relational forms of practice like Naikan, and that they would find particular benefit from such practices. Furthermore, my research on suicide in Japan suggests that feelings of loneliness and a lack of meaning in life (ikigai) are underlying causes contributing to suicidality and are not necessarily reducible to mental illness and depression. Recent ethnographic and survey work I have conducted at two Naikan centers suggests that Naikan significantly improves positive mental health, perceived connection with others, and perceived meaning in life, even up to six months later, thereby potentially undercutting factors contributing to depression and suicide. Naikan practice is not entirely limited to Japan, however, and its use in Europe and North America prompts us to ask about the culturally-specific and universal aspects of mindfulness practices, and how we may construct mindfulness interventions that are best suited for addressing the mental health problems that face our communities.

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Chikako Ozawa-de Silva | Anthropology | Emory University 

Loneliness is everybody’s business. Neither a pathology, nor a rare affliction, it is part of the human condition. Severe and chronic loneliness, however, is a threat to individual and public health and appears to be on the rise. In 2018, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said, “Loneliness is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time,” and appointed the country’s first ever Minister for Loneliness. Contemporary scholarship is therefore focusing on loneliness not as merely an individual matter, but as a public health issue that negatively impacts both physical and psychological health, even increasing the risk of mortality. This talk examines what is and is not loneliness, conditions of the “lonely society” and the role of culture in loneliness. Based on my long-term ethnographic studies, I point to how society itself can exacerbate experiences of loneliness. One of the most important messages of this talk, is that the anatomy of loneliness is not the anatomy of a single individual, but of a type of society.

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Center for Mind, Brain, and CultureBy Emory College, Emory Center for Mind, Brain and Culture (CMBC)
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What is the nature of the human mind? The Emory Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture (CMBC) brings together scholars and researchers from diverse fields and perspectives to seek new answers to this fundamental question. Neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, biological and cultural anthropologists, sociologists, geneticists, behavioral scientists, computer scientists, linguists, philosophers, artists, writers, and historians all pursue an understanding of the human mind, but institutional isolation, the lack of a shared vocabulary, and other communication barriers present obstacles to realizing the potential for interdisciplinary synthesis, synergy, and innovation. It is our mission to support and foster discussion, scholarship, training, and collaboration across diverse disciplines to promote research at the intersection of mind, brain, and culture. What brain mechanisms underlie cognition, emotion, and intelligence and how did these abilities evolve? How do our core mental abilities shape the expression of culture and how is the mind and brain in turn shaped by social and cultural innovations? Such questions demand an interdisciplinary approach. Great progress has been made in understanding the neurophysiological basis of mental states; positioning this understanding in the broader context of human experience, culture, diversity, and evolution is an exciting challenge for the future. By bringing together scholars and researchers from diverse fields and across the college, university, area institutions, and beyond, the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture (CMBC) seeks to build on and expand our current understanding to explore how a deeper appreciation of diversity, difference, context, and change can inform understanding of mind, brain, and behavior. In order to promote intellectual exchange and discussion across disciplines, the CMBC hosts diverse programming, including lectures by scholars conducting cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research, symposia and conferences on targeted innovative themes, lunch discussions to foster collaboration across fields, and public conversations to extend our reach to the greater Atlanta community. Through our CMBC Graduate Certificate Program, we are training the next generation of interdisciplinary scholars to continue this mission.
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Dr. Robyn Fivush: We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves – Exploring Health

Dr. Robyn Fivush: We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves – Exploring Health


Dr. Robyn Fivush: We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves
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October 7, 2021
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We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Role of Self and Family Narratives in Human Well-Being

It’s no accident that most of us crave stories, in books, in movies on the internet. In many ways, our lives are created by the stories we tell others— and ourselves. And we don’t just tell stories, we live them, and not infrequently we are willing to die for them. Stories have beginnings, middles, and ends. Research has shown that endings are especially important for how we think about our lives. Did we fail or succeed, try or avoid trying? Stories that go wrong are one of the strongest drivers of depression and anxiety in our lives.

But what about people without enough personal stories in their lives, or who lack stories about their families? Welcome to the research of Robyn Fivush, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Liberal Arts at Emory University. Dr. Fivush has spent a career studying the role of memory and narrative in forming our adult selves. Her work points to the importance of developing coherent, detailed stories of ourselves and of our family heritage. And she has shown how important it is for parents to help young children began to craft these types of stories about themselves and their families. More recently, she has identified disturbing trends in how the COVID-19 pandemic has begun to change the stories young adults are telling themselves about who they are and what their futures might or might not hold. Join us on this podcast as Dr. Fivush describes her work and gives pointers on how stories can promote our well-being.

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Narratives, Self-Transformation, and Healing : Robyn Fivush and Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

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Narratives, Self-Transformation, and Healing
by Robyn Fivush (Psychology) and Chikako Ozawa-de Silva (Anthropology), Emory University

Publication date 2013-04-25
Language English
Talk sponsored by the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture on February 26, 2013.
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