Article ID: CBB380247452

Phenomenology, Habit, and Environmental Inaction (2022)

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Despite a growing literature on environmental inaction, it remains poorly understood. This article examines much of this literature including environmental ethics, policy studies, disaster theory, and psychology. Among the many existing explanations, we examine shifting values, rational incentives, and psychological barriers to action. Ultimately, we show how most of these explanations rely on simplistic assumptions about subjectivity. To address this, we apply the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty to show how an understanding of habit informed by Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology reveals the deeper conditions of both action and inaction.

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Authors & Contributors
Matherne, Samantha
Kristina Lyons
Bell, Shannon Elizabeth
Marilyn Howarth
Kirchhelle, Claas
Muller, Robin M.
Concepts
Political activists and activism
Environmentalism
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Science and politics
Environmental justice
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Nova Scotia
Islands of the Pacific
Colombia
Latin America
Institutions
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
University of Pennsylvania
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