Traces of (Un-) Sustainability

The traces of (un-) sustainability perspective refutes the economistic conceptual model whereby rational economic actors are misperceived and misunderstood to have the moral right, if not the duty, to actively participate in the destruction of our collective future with ethical immunity.

Persons only develop in relation to environment, much in the same way we develop psychologically in relation to our parents and caregivers. Neither child nor parent is properly conceptualized, modelled, or understood without the inclusion of the other in the map or model of psychological/ecological development. Likewise, we perceive, think, and feel with and not just about environment and material artifacts. The achievement of sustainability then implies making changes to minds that are mediated, extended and distributed across brains, bodies, and the materiality of one's environment. Our inherited world, however broken, guides our individual and collective becoming much as a parent guides the development of a child.

The traces of (un-) sustainability perspective refutes the economistic conceptual model whereby rational economic actors are misperceived and misunderstood to have the moral right, if not the duty, to actively participate in the destruction of our collective future with ethical immunity. The presumed intelligence and naturalness of the market-based economic system is exposed as primarily a historically inherited culture-based delusion. If values and attitudes can be at least partially transformed by transforming the mundane materiality which is co-constitutive of our social mind, then an important milestone will have been achieved in our understanding of (un-) sustainability.

Autorentext

Peter Graham earned his Ph.D. at the Queen s University School of Environmental Studies in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He also holds master s degrees in educational studies and interdisciplinary social sciences as well as a graduate diploma in community economic development from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Graham currently teaches courses on sustainability related subjects at Concordia University.

Zusammenfassung
The traces of (un-) sustainability perspective refutes the economistic conceptual model whereby rational economic actors are misperceived and misunderstood to have the moral right, if not the duty, to actively participate in the destruction of our collective future with ethical immunity.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations Situating the Traces of (Un-) Sustainability Environment as Parent Mediational Means Yali's Question Mediated (Un-) Sustainability. Positivism Capitalism Situated (Un-) Sustainability A Map of the Book References. The Materially Engaged (Un-) Sustainability Mind Mediated Action and (Un-) Sustainability The Materiality of (Un-) Sustainability Materially Engaged (Un-) Sustainability Toward a Materially Engaged Partnership Mind The Traces of Sustainability Bodies Tools Place Narrative Process Agency Memory Atmosphere References Let's Go Fishing! Bodies Tools Place Narratives Process Agency Memory Atmosphere Sustainability References Economies of Mind Bodies Tools Place Narratives Processes Agency Memory Atmospheres Sustainability References Traces of Sociocultural Anxiety Bodies Tools Places Narratives Processes Agency Memories Atmospheres Sustainability References The Mowed (Un-) Sustainability Mind Mowed Lawn A Naturalized Suburban Garden Bodies Tools Places Processes Agency Memory Narrative Atmosphere References Tracing the Absences of Sustainability Bodies Tools Process Agency Memory Narrative Atmosphere References ConclusionTracing Ahead Economics Education Reforestation Conclusion References Index.