Extension of the field of ecology

Authors

  • Jean-Paul Deléage

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v15i0.11896

Keywords:

ecology, science, cosmopolitics, Ecologie, cosmopolitique, ecologia, ciência, cosmopolítica

Abstract

The expression “extension of the field of ecology” suggests a two-fold approach covering: 1) scientific
ecology, a well established approach by now, but one which is giving rise to many original developments;
2) and secondly, political ecology, a more recent line of thought which needs, as never before, to enlarge
its field of intervention. This article sets out to show that the two approaches constitute a potentially
promising hybrid space of thought, provided that humanity calls on what the sociologist Ulrich Beck refers
to as “cosmopolitan intelligence” to explore it from both practical and theoretical points of view.

Published

2007-06-28

How to Cite

Deléage, J.-P. (2007). Extension of the field of ecology. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 15. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v15i0.11896

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