Deep Ecology (2024)
Kamera: Nikon FE2
Linse: Nikkor-S Auto 55mm f1.2 (1970)
Film: Kodak 5222 @ ISO 400 -1EV
Kjemi: Xtol (stock / 9 min. @ 20°C)
Arandu Arakuaa: Hêwaka Waktû (2015)
I think the problem with Humanism is it’s arrogance and it’s Hubris.
To say that Humans are Superior to Nature; or Separate from Nature, is to Deny - or Defy - the Laws of Ecology.
Humans have crossed from the First World of Nature into the Second World of Culture.
But to say that it is the Destiny of Humans to control something that is larger than ourselves; to control a System that is larger than ourselves - is to place Humans as basically Gods on this Planet.
The Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement sees Humans as having very unique qualities; very special qualities.
There’s nothing in the Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement that is Anti-Human, that denigrates Humans; either as individuals, or as communities, or as a species - the critique of Modernism, and of Humanism, in the Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement; is that Humanism has confused Bigness with Greatness.
Humanists attempt to develop Bigger societies, Bigger technology; Mega technology - and claim that with Bigger technology, Humans are becoming Greater.
Greatness in Deep Ecology is cultivated through understanding of Humility - that Humans are plain citizens - in the words of ecologist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948): «Plain Citizens of Natural Systems; not Lords and Masters».
- Bill Devall
Deep Ecology (2024)
Kamera: Nikon FE2
Linse: Nikkor-S Auto 55mm f1.2 (1970)
Film: Kodak 5222 @ ISO 400 -1EV
Kjemi: Xtol (stock / 9 min. @ 20°C)
Arandu Arakuaa: Hêwaka Waktû (2015)
I think the problem with Humanism is it’s arrogance and it’s Hubris.
To say that Humans are Superior to Nature; or Separate from Nature, is to Deny - or Defy - the Laws of Ecology.
Humans have crossed from the First World of Nature into the Second World of Culture.
But to say that it is the Destiny of Humans to control something that is larger than ourselves; to control a System that is larger than ourselves - is to place Humans as basically Gods on this Planet.
The Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement sees Humans as having very unique qualities; very special qualities.
There’s nothing in the Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement that is Anti-Human, that denigrates Humans; either as individuals, or as communities, or as a species - the critique of Modernism, and of Humanism, in the Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement; is that Humanism has confused Bigness with Greatness.
Humanists attempt to develop Bigger societies, Bigger technology; Mega technology - and claim that with Bigger technology, Humans are becoming Greater.
Greatness in Deep Ecology is cultivated through understanding of Humility - that Humans are plain citizens - in the words of ecologist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948): «Plain Citizens of Natural Systems; not Lords and Masters».
- Bill Devall