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ERIC Number: EJ1245086
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0814-0626
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The Designation of a Deleuzian Philosophy for Environmental Education and Its Consequences
Cole, David R.
Australian Journal of Environmental Education, v35 n3 p173-182 Nov 2019
The philosophy of Gilles Deleuze has become popular in recent moves to embed approaches such as the new materialist and the posthuman in environmental education. Certainly, a newfound respect for the material universe, including the comprehension of the human place in it, and the tendency to a posthuman theoretical position, are both important given the contemporary environmental crisis, named as the Anthropocene. However, this article will argue that both these philosophies do not go far enough. This is because they must retain a political, social and critical edge if they are to be effective, and this edge can be too easily disregarded in the pursuit of increased engagement with the material and everything not human. In contrast, this article will put forward a Deleuzian approach to environmental education, based on the intellectual quadrant of Spinoza-Marx-Nietzsche-Bergson. It will be argued that only by fully connecting these often conficting and disparate philosophies that a workable new synthesis for environmental education and a cartography for learning can be achieved. The Deleuzian approach to environmental education will be exemplifed through an analysis of current environmental practises in schools as assemblage.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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