Ecology, nature, materialism
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https://doi.org/10.13130/2239-5474/16559Keywords:
ecology, nature, phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, philosophy of technology, subject, Heidegger, Adorno, materialismAbstract
A first part of the essay summarizes the main lines of a recent book by the author: Per un paradigma del corpo: una rifondazione filosofica dell’ecologia, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2019. A paradigm in which body and biology preserve their irreducibility towards culture is maintained, and the “linguistic turn”, which has dominated XXth century’s philosophy, is severely criticized ; accordingly, Merleau-Ponty’s reflection on the concept of nature is considered the most appropriate and up-to-date tool to rethink the ecological question; its consequences in the field of philosophy of technology and of the problem of subject are examined. A second part of the essay, focusing on a meeting between Adorno and Merleau-Ponty which took place in 1961, tries to sketch a materialistic paradigm for ecology, softening Merleau-Ponty’s final proximity to Heidegger.
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