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ECOLOGY AS A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Author(s): András Lányi
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: MTA Politikai Tudományi Intézete
Keywords: ecology in social theory; political ecology; communitarianism; tipology

Summary/Abstract: On the fi eld of political theory under the name of ecology we fi nd expounded a coherent system of substantially communitarian endeavours whose originality mostly remains unperceivable in the traditional triangular classifi cation of the political space divided among conservative, liberal and socialist philosophies. This approach will be supported by a matrix where the different trends in political philosophy are located in accordance with their position on the question of the state on one of the axes and on the other by the priority they give either to individuals or to communities. We argue that this arrangement makes the differencies and interferencies more transparent between the basic trends and helps to identify the place of ecological politics in comparison with other conceptions. We also try to deduce the basic features of the politics that actually meet the principles of ecology and will indicate the way its answers must differ from the mainstream.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-130
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Hungarian