Making Alternatives Visible. An Ecosophical Critique of 'Sustainable' Dualism

  • Gianluca De Fazio University Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna
  • Paulo Fernando Lévano Università Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/2385-1945/6219

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to introduce a philosophical critique of the concept of sustainability through the ecosophy outlined by F. Guattari. According to the ecosophical perspective, the idea of sustainability hides the transcoding processes of technological innovation. The first part of the paper develops a genealogy of transcoding processes by regarding them as an ecosophical object. The second one analyses the basic dualism of sustainability in detail: ecocentrism vs technocentrism.

Author Biographies

Gianluca De Fazio, University Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna

Gianluca De Fazio holds a PhD in Philosophy at the Universities of Pisa and Florence, with a thesis on Ontology, Ethics and History in Merleau-Ponty’s thought. He works with the chair of Philosophy of History at the University of Bologna and is member of the research center Officine Filosofiche.

Paulo Fernando Lévano, Università Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna

Paulo Fernando Lévano graduated in Philosophy. He is currently a member of the Group in Semiotic Research (GRIS) at the University of Lima and the Editorial Board of the Peruvian Aero-Club's journal. With Gianluca De Fazio, he runs the laboratory ubi minor - Ecosophy research and teaching workshop.

Ecologia
Published
2021-10-15
How to Cite
De Fazio, G., & Lévano, P. F. (2021). Making Alternatives Visible. An Ecosophical Critique of ’Sustainable’ Dualism. Philosophy Kitchen - Journal of Contemporary Philosophy, (15), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.13135/2385-1945/6219
Issue
No. 15 (2021): The End of All Things. Ecological Contingency Strategies
Section
Articoli