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Cosmology, Ethics and the "Biocentric Indian"

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The difference between the Western and the “Indian” view of nature has sometimes in the literature on environmental ethics been expressed as the difference between an anthropocentric and biocentric worldview. This argument often juxtaposes two models, without consideration of context. My aim in this article is to investigate those aspects of Amerindian cosmologies that have led Western scholars to classify them as biocentric. Since this ascription often has been a general statement, unanchored in time and space, I will limit my discussion to premodern Mi’kmaq, formerly hunters but today living in scattered reserves in the coastal provinces of eastern Canada. The purpose is to uncover the nature of ontology, epistemology and ethics that stems from their specific being-in-the-world or dwelling, in order to discuss and contextualize the biocentric concept.

Publiceringsår

2004

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

29-48

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Acta Americana

Volym

12

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

The Swedish Americanist Society

Ämne

  • History of Religions

Nyckelord

  • Amerindian cosmologies
  • environmental ethics
  • biocentrism vs. anthropocentrism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1104-4446