The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis

White, Lynn Τ.

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“…Todas as plantas e animais foram criados para alimentar o homem (Genesis,1,(29)(30). A natureza não tem outra razão de ser, exceto a de servir ao homem (White 1967). Embora outras passagens do Antigo Testamento, como a narrativa do dilúvio e da arca de Noé (Genesis, 6-9), possam ser interpretadas como recomendações para atitudes de zelo e proteção da natureza, a atitude que prevaleceu entre os povos ocidentais foi a de absoluto domínio, desde a Idade Média até época recente (EdwardJones et al 2000).…”

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Nós e as plantas: ontem e hoje

Salatino¹

2001

Rev. bras. Bot.

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Revta brasil. Bot., São Paulo, V.24, n.4 (suplemento), p. 483-490, dez. 2001 ABSTRACT -(The plants and us: past and present). Green areas in cities and trees growing on streets and squares of urban sites are features that only recently acquired relevance in the western world. It seems that formerly urban inhabitants did not value a close proximity with plants. In the present paper it is suggested that this is a consequence of a rupture between man and nature that can be traced back to the emergence of the Judaic-Christian tradition. The absence of links between nature and Christianism is evident by the common absence of trees, gardens and other aspects representative of nature around Christian temples. Christianism represented also an end to mythology, a process that led to the development of the rational thinking and thus favored science development. By their turn, the scientific achievements of the 17 th and 18 th century strengthened the belief in the superiority of the human being and thus reinforced the alleged right of man, founded on religious grounds, to dominate over nature. The overvalue of the knowledge derived from science and of the concepts and habits of the civilized world, together with the non acceptance of values from the wild and conquered peoples led to the extinction of the tradition and languages of many native nations. A resurgence of the values linked with nature in the western civilized world came only with the Romantic Movement of the 19 th century, still restricted to the elite. A strong valorization of nature and its representatives was only brought about in the 20 th century, mainly in the last decades, by the Environmentalist Movement. But the ancient notion that nature exists to serve man is still prevalent in many sectors of our society. A point is advocated that ethic and moral principles need to be called upon to defend and preserve nature. In special, it is argued that, as an important aid to the actions of the World Environmentalist Movement, all religious should assume as one of their priorities the protection of nature and wild living beings, because ethic and moral items can best be absorbed by the human mind when administered by religious means. RESUMO -(Nós e as plantas: ontem e hoje). Áreas verdes, ruas e praças arborizadas em locais urbanos são características que apenas recentemente adquiriram relevância no mundo ocidental. Parece que os habitantes antigos das cidades não valorizavam uma estreita proximidade com plantas. Neste artigo, sugere-se que isso é uma conseqüência de uma ruptura entre o homem e a natureza, que ocorreu na emergência da tradição judaico-cristã na história da civilização ocidental. A ausência de laços entre natureza e cristianismo é evidente na ausência de árvores, jardins e outros aspectos representativos da natureza em torno de templos cristãos. O cristianismo também representou o fim da mitologia, um processo que conduziu ao desenvolvimento do pensamento racional, favorecendo assim o desenvolvimento da ciência. Por seu turno, as conquistas c...

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“…Em resumo, a perda de relacionamento da civilização ocidental com o ambiente natural, que remonta ao estabelecimento da tradição judaico-cristã, é um dos aspectos mais importantes que se situam na origem de nossa crise ambiental (White 1967 (Capra 1990).…”

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Nós e as plantas: ontem e hoje

Salatino¹

2001

Rev. bras. Bot.

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“…Similar to the way the famous American historian Lynn White Jr. accused Christianity of being at the root of the contemporary ecological crisis (White 1967), so too animal ethicists have often considered the mistreatment of animals to be a consequence of the western monotheistic tradition (Thomas 1984, 152). Therefore, not surprisingly, attention to animal well-being has been regarded as the domain of nonreligious thought.…”

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Respect for intergrity. How Christian animal ethics could inform EU legislation on farm animals

Massaro

2017

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“…And a frequently cited diagnosis of the current situation, Lynn White Jr.'s "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," asserts that the origin of our trouble lies in the Christian notion of human dominance over nature: "...we shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man" (White, 1969(White, , p. 1207.…”

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The environmental movement and its critics

Sills

1975

Hum Ecol

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.Springer is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Human Ecology.http://www.jstor.org The history and nature of the new environmental movement in the United States are reviewed. Since understanding of a social movement is enhanced by learning the views and perceptions of outsiders, the continuing debate between the environmental movement and its critics is examined. First, disagreements over the nature and the severity of the so-called environmental crisis are described. Second, the ideological differences between environmentalists and their critics are reviewed, particularly their contrasting views of man, society, nature, and economic growth. Finally, the political critique of the movement is examined, with attention given to the composition of the membership, the alleged superficiality of its proposed solutions to environmental problems, and the alleged discrimination against both poor people in the United States and the poor nations.

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The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis

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