Environmental Humanities

ecosystem

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

social systems

material infrastructure (technology), culture (world views, beliefs, ideas and language) and social infrastructure (institutions, government and corporation)

culture

shared ideas of a certain group of people at a specific time

symbolic culture

picture --> what is there, what you see

material culture

what you think about when you see something

worldview

the totality of your cultural beliefs about reality and the world (point of view)

cognized environments

how we interpret our world; shaped by culture and social construction

nature

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environmental fundamentalism

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pluralizing nature

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polarization v. pluralization

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engaged pluralism

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commonsense

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expressed values

The values we say we love and live

operative values

The values we really live by

ideologies

a system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy

transcendentalism

questioning of established cultural norms, urge to reintegrate spirit and matter, desire to turn ideas into concrete action --> spread through the spheres of religion, education, literature, philosophy and social reform

DWV

values of an industrial society; resources are important over intrinsic value, Earth does not matter in the pursuit of progress, economy and the effect on the environment