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In:Dialogic Ethics
Edited by Ronald C. Arnett and François Cooren
[Dialogue Studies 30] 2018
► pp. 245–263

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Fragments, limbs, and dreadful accidents

The burden of an ecological education in a “World of Wounds”

Published online: 14 June 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.30.10vel
Abstract
Conservation, as a uniquely human ethical practice is taught, understood, and managed through human dialogue. So, what would more apt dialogic principles look like if of our goal becomes aligned with the ideal of sustaining human life on this planet in perpetuity? This chapter contributes to the literature on dialogic ethics by examining our current water pollution crisis to argue for embracing Aldo Leopold’s language of biotic communities as a way to decenter the human ego in dialogue and put a premium on our collective dependence on what the Sioux Nation have popularized in their struggle against the North Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) as a sacred resource.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Fragments
  • 3.Dreadful accidents
  • 4.Limbs
  • 5.Groundwork for an ecological dialogic in a world of wounds
  • Notes
  • References
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