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The Dream of the Biocentric Community and the Structure of Utopias1

In: Worldviews
Authors:
Peder Anker History of Science Department Harvard University Science Center 235 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

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Nina Witoszek European University Schuman Center 50016 San Domenico di Fisole Florence, Italy

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1998
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Abstract

This paper examines the ideal of community as imagined by Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement. In particular the authors address such questions as: Is pluralism of lifestyles reconcilable with the main ideas of the biocentric community? Is liberal justice possible within it? And how realistic is the proposal of education towards a 'biocentric identity'? The analysis shows that, while the deep ecological vision is by no means 'fascist' as some of its critics insist, its inconsistencies, silences and omissions point to an incomplete project which has a dystopian conclusion written into its scenario.

Title:
The Dream of the Biocentric Community and the Structure of Utopias1
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853598X00235
Language:
English
Pages:
239–256
In:
Worldviews
In:
Volume 2: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5357
Print ISSN:
1363-5247
Subjects:
Sociology of Religion, Religious Studies, Religion & Society, Social Sciences, Ecology, Biology

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