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- Title
The Decentered, Ecocentric Humanism of Pierre Rabhi in La Part du Colibri.
- Authors
MOSER, KEITH
- Abstract
This essay delves into the complex, interdisciplinary philosophy of Pierre Rabhi. Unlike the dominant strains of humanism, inherited from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and which permeate the work of others, Rabhi's decentered, ecocentric humanism goes beyond by his inclusion of the entire biotic community of life. Moreover, Rabhi's engaged humanism redeines the term "consciousness" to include concrete actions in defense of an imperiled planet. Deriving inspiration from the Amerindian legend of the hummingbird and the armadillo in La Part du Colibri, the philosopher convincingly asserts that true change occurs when all of us "do our small part."
- Subjects
RABHI, Pierre; PHILOSOPHY; ENLIGHTENMENT; ECOCENTRISM; BIOTIC communities
- Publication
Rocky Mountain Review of Language & Literature (1948-2833), 2016, Vol 70, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
2159-4163
- Publication type
Article