anthropocentrism

• “Although a metaphysical assumption, anthropocentrism is of immense practical import, enabling modern states to command loyalty and resources from their subjects in pursuit of political projects.”

  August 15th, 2008

• “Almost all therapists are trained to focus pretty exclusively on human-human relationships (yes, that's called anthropocentrism).”

  Linda Buzzell: The Greening of Psychotherapy

• “Many humans are wonderful, and many things that humans have done are wonderful, but I have been thinking recently that a lot of misanthropy is, rather than being hateful, is simply a rejection of anthropocentrism. hmm.”

  "No moon, no pale reflection."

• “Although 5-year-olds adopted an anthropocentric perspective (replicating earlier studies), 3-year-olds showed no hint of anthropocentrism.”

  The Huffington Post: Marc Bekoff: Animals, Kids, and Slaughterhouse Effects on Crime

• “Both have a history of dismissing one another; environmentalists for being anti-religious and misanthropic, and evangelicals for intolerance and anthropocentrism.”

  Welcome to the Table: The Green Evangelical Movement

• “Drawing on the work of Giorgio Agamben, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, the puzzle is explained by the functional imperatives of anthropocentric sovereignty, which cannot decide a UFO exception to anthropocentrism while preserving the ability to make such a decision.”

  When Literary "Theory" is Used for Science

• “Tools he used included [a] fervent return to the original texts, determined anthropocentrism (if in Christocentric form); and the affirmation of his own organ of genius and draftsmanship, namely the voice of the vernacular.”

  Orwell as Protestant Reformer?

• “There's no way out of anthropocentrism," says Diski, but conservationists might disagree, arguing that respecting the otherness of a wild animal means we should protect against ourselves and our short-term interests the habitat in which that otherness evolved and on which it depends.”

  The Guardian: What I Don't Know About Animals by Jenny Diski – review

• “Michael, I like the way you tied together the two core issues I brought up -- anthropocentrism and interiority -- so simply and directly in your last letter.”

  Ross Robertson: The Inner Life: Nature And Transcendence

• “I like the way you tied together the two core issues I brought up -- anthropocentrism and interiority -- so simply and directly in your last letter.”

  Ross Robertson: The Inner Life: Nature And Transcendence

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