Meanings
- uncountableA belief that the best approach to solving ecological problems involves pragmatism.
The most successful fusion of ecopragmatism and feminism occurs in the work of J. Ronald Engel.
2001, Environmental Ethics - Volume 23, Issues 1-2, page 353 more examples
In order to animate discussion of these provisions in the context of my ecopragmatism model, I will use the following hypothetical case.
2003, Jim Chen, The Jurisdynamics of Environmental Protection, →ISBNHis multidisciplinary work emerges primarily from religious studies. Engel's eloquent intellectual, religious, and politically involved ecopragmatism is closely allied with ecofeminist feminism, but he, too, lacks an explicitly feminist analysis.
2011, Mary Jo Deegan, Self, War, and Society: George Herbert Mead's Macrosociology, →ISBNI'm also the author of a book on ecopragmatism, called Whole Earth Discipline, that Friese quotes approvingly.
2014 June 4, Stewart Brand, “Back From the Brink: Should we use cloning to save endangered species?”, in Slate Magazine
Origin
Coined in 1999 by Daniel A. Farber as eco- + pragmatism
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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