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挪威科技大学哲学和宗教系May Thorseth教授来校讲座

发布日期: 2014-04-23   浏览次数 246

主题:“Obstacles to sustainable development in a global context”

主讲人:May Thorseth教授(挪威科技大学哲学和宗教系)

时间:423日下午3:00

地点:闵行校区人文学院楼2102哲学系会议室

AbstractThe aim of the presentation is to identify some obstacles to sustainable development. One basic idea is that sustainability is threatened by poor coordination of action and institutional governance. A further claim is that a certain sustainability discourse, notably the Promethean, is itself a threat to sustainable development. Two major problems are identified: 1) the problem of ‘difference-blindness’ in glossing over relevant differences between affluent and poor countries, and 2) a strong belief in one overarching model for overcoming the problem of limits by technological fixes. This further impliesa tension within the democratic equality norm, and the politics following from it. A claim is put for that sustainability politics seem to require a shift in sustainability discourses in order to address the differences between notably poor and affluent countries more adequately.