Post-rational eco-communicological aporias, pre-rational eco-communicological euporias: the “magical worldview” and restoring a meaningful man-nature dialogue
This essay argues that contemporary Global Society’s biggest ‘communication challenge’ is to find ways to interface and dialogue meaningfully with its more-than-human Umwelt. It shows that communication strategies premised by the tenets of ‘constructivism’ and ‘realism’ do not work. Neither do ‘cons...
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Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
Lingua: | Inglese |
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Fachgebiet für Religionswissenschaft im Fachbereich 11, Philipps Universität Marburg
[2020]
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Marburg journal of religion
Anno: 2020, Volume: 22, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 1-35 |
(sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Essere umano
/ Ambiente
/ Sistema biologico
/ Strategia comunicativa
/ Pensiero magico
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Notazioni IxTheo: | AA Scienze religiose AB Filosofia delle religioni AF Geografia delle religioni AZ Nuove religioni NCG Etica ecologica; etica del creato |
Altre parole chiave: | B
cosmonomy
B Ethology B magical B global society B incantatory magic B cosmodicy B Religione B archaic Hellenic B Enchantment B hieroglossia B environmental affordance B song culture |
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Riepilogo: | This essay argues that contemporary Global Society’s biggest ‘communication challenge’ is to find ways to interface and dialogue meaningfully with its more-than-human Umwelt. It shows that communication strategies premised by the tenets of ‘constructivism’ and ‘realism’ do not work. Neither do ‘consiliant’ syntheses of these two approaches. Instead, it suggests that a better solution lies in emulating the communication strategies associated with the ‘magical worldview’. Specifically, it focuses on (1) why magical rationalism assumed that Nature had a voice and a language (2) how the intelligence related by this language was made a foundation and an operational component of societal values and practices and, finally, (3) why there is nothing far-fetched about embracing this rationalism, factoring it into our ideas about ‘progress’ and operationalising it as a means to negotiate an entente cordiale between Nature and Global Society. This paper is one of a collection that originated in the IAHR Special Conference “Religions, Science and Technology in Cultural Contexts: Dynamics of Change”, held at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology on March 1-2, 2012. For an overall introduction see the article by Ulrika Mårtensson, also published here. |
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ISSN: | 1612-2941 |
Comprende: | Enthalten in: Marburg journal of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17192/mjr.2020.22.8296 |