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- Title
Rethinking Sustainable Development: Considering How Different Worldviews Envision "Development" and "Quality of Life".
- Authors
Hedlund-de Witt, Annick
- Abstract
The concept of sustainable development does not articulate what needs to be sustained, developed, or how, and is consequently intersubjective and intercultural. I therefore argue that it is essential to consider different worldviews when discussing sustainable development, and I offer broad, provisional suggestions as to how we can begin doing this. I first discuss how the notion of sustainable development at its heart is an attempt to unite conservation with growth. I then consider how different worldviews relate to this unitary ideal, by articulating how they envision "development" and "quality of life". I do this by drawing on the Integrative Worldview Framework, which distinguishes between multiple, ideal-typical worldviews. However, I argue that more important than any typology of worldviews is the reflexive attitude a worldview-perspective supports. I conclude with implications for more reflexive and inclusive forms of policy-making, also in light of the to-be-formulated Sustainable Development Goals.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABLE development; ECONOMIC development; ECOLOGICAL modernization; AGRICULTURAL development; CONSERVATION of natural resources
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2014, Vol 6, Issue 11, p8310
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su6118310