ECOLOGICAL DOMINANT IN POSTMODEMIST CULTURE

Modernism is characterised by theory and practise of a man's technocratic domination over nature based on the principles of scientific rationalism and utilitarianism. One of essential features of postmodernistic culture is formation of a new relationship with natural reality. The article deals...

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Main Author: Česlovas Kalenda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 1998-01-01
Series:Problemos
Online Access:http://localhost:8888/ojsmigration/index.php/problemos/article/view/4252
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Summary:Modernism is characterised by theory and practise of a man's technocratic domination over nature based on the principles of scientific rationalism and utilitarianism. One of essential features of postmodernistic culture is formation of a new relationship with natural reality. The article deals with anti-modernistic philosophical and ethical conceptions (A. Leopold, E. Schumacher, B. Callicott, O. Marquard) which are significant for formulation of a new paradigm of civilisation evolution, establishment of ecological priority against economics, development of ecological ethics.
ISSN:1392-1126
2424-6158