Two Pillars of the Human Relationship to Nature: Revisiting Capitalism, Science and Technology in Modernity

How can the fundamental yet often ambivalent elements of modernity - capitalism, science and technology - be reconsidered from a philosophical perspective? Linking contemporary environmental debates with the philosophy of modernity and deep historical perspectives from anthropology, V. P. J. Arponen presents a wide-ranging discussion of the past, present, and future of the human relationship to nature in a changing world. His guiding thread is the possibility of a value orientation that charts a course between the excesses of reductive economic materialism and constructivist culturalism, recentring on the human capability to live active, meaningful lives.

Author: V. P. J. Arponen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: 08/04/2026
Series: Philosophy - Enlightenment - Critique
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9783837682199