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"Where Do We Stand When We Know? Mātauranga Māori and its Translation as 'Science'" by Carl Mika

"Methods of thinking and observing are tightly implicated with wellbeing – not just for the human entity but also the non-human world."

Simone M. Müller

8 min read

The New Basics

"Toxicity": An Essay by Simone M. Müller (Keywords: Planet; Anthropocene; Injustice; Inequality)

"In the age of the toxic commons, not one of us, not even the environmentally privileged ones like me, remains unaffected by toxicants."

Thomas Nail

9 min read

The New Basics

"Movement": An Essay by Thomas Nail (Keywords: Anthropocene; Ontology; Migration; Capitalism)

"We cannot adequately understand contemporary politics through the paradigm of static states and stationary citizens."

Michael Marder

10 min read

The New Basics

"Connectedness": An Essay by Michael Marder (Keywords: Anthropocene; Metaphysics; Entanglement)

"Humanity is an errant species; perhaps this is why it is a planetary species, dreaming of becoming interplanetary."

Travis Holloway

8 min read

The New Basics

"Weather": An Essay by Travis Holloway (Keywords: Anthropocene; Planet; Art; Politics; Narrative)

"The strange weather that we’ve been hearing about is now here, speaking in a new political forum that humans have yet to join seriously."

Jeff Sebo

9 min read

The New Basics

"Animal": An Essay by Jeff Sebo (Keywords: Ethics; Anthropocene; Rights; Planet; Pandemic)

"The idea that all humans should have rights is good, but the idea that only humans should have rights is bad."

Charles W. Mills

8 min read

Conversations

Ignorance, Innocent and Otherwise: A Conversation with Charles W. Mills (Keywords: Race; Knowledge)

"We don’t know not because we can’t know but because we don’t want to know."

Pierre Charbonnier

11 min read

The New Basics

"Politics": An Essay by Pierre Charbonnier (Keywords: Anthropocene; Capitalism; Ecology; Science)

"The incommensurability between 'authentic' political thought and ecological concerns can no longer be defended."

Romy Opperman

9 min read

The New Basics

"Racism": An Essay by Romy Opperman (Keywords: Anthropocene; Ethics; Planet; Inequality; Feminism)

"It is no coincidence that sacrifice zones fall on Indigenous land and on places inhabited by majority Black populations."

Christopher Belshaw

12 min read

Essays

"What is the Point of Wild Animals?" by Christopher Belshaw (Keywords: Ethics; death; Personhood)

"Contrary to widespread thinking, it is farm animals rather than those left to fend for themselves in the wild that have the better lives."

Erin R. Pineda

10 min read

The New Basics

"Disobedience": An Essay by Erin R. Pineda (Keywords: Activism; Civil Disobedience; Climate Change)

"In a world on fire, is there time for disobedience?"

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THE PHILOSOPHER

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