It is commonly known that
humankind lives in socio-cultural contexts which require the deployment of a
great deal of effort to counter the challenge of living in harmony with nature
and/or being reconciled with it. While nature can do without human beings, they
in turn cannot live without nature. Moreover, when the environment and natural
resources deteriorate due to human activity (IPCC, 1990), nature continues to revolt
against human abuse, as people are exposed to natural disasters such as
droughts, floods, and desertification, according to regions’ degree of
awareness and adaptation strategies.
Due to lack of adequate
infrastructure that should help resist climate change and allow more
resilience, the human race is punished by displacement, migration, and flight
to environmentally safe places (Climate Refugees), plants and wild species are
exposed to extinction, retreat, and damage as well. However, national
sovereignty limits the flow of migration as the state exercises “legitimate
violence” (Max Weber) within its national borders.
Rather, it stokes the inner cohesion of rejecting the other (as if the “Hell Is
Other People” In the words of Sartre) bearing in mind that the environment
transcends national borders.
In the face of human greed
(the constant search for prosperity) as well as companies (the constant search
for profit), the human relationship with nature is shaken and transformed into
a permanent struggle for domination, control, and the terrible exploitation of
natural resources, where the whole scene turns into “Tragedy of the commons” (Garrett Hardin, 1968), which increases the consequences of a “Risk
Society” (Ulrich Beck) under the influence of
industrialization and the intensive resort to technology.
Moreover, in a context marked
by profound societal transformations towards industrialization, there are
profound contradictions between political, bureaucratic, economic, and even
environmental visions, which go against finding a solution to this tragic
environmental situation. With all eyes turning on the management of the human
common based on the pricing of the environment, some voices reject the pricing
of the world. At the same time, the liberal order continues to operate by
advocating the improvement of the well-being of the individual in the short term,
regardless of the rights of future generations to the enjoyment of sustainable
natural resources.
From this perspective, the
initiators of this collective work, entitled: “Environment, culture &
society: Rupture or Interconnectivity?” invites researchers in the social
sciences to submit proposals for articles focusing on the following topics:
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Capitalism, environment, and development
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The economic cost of environmental protection
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The social construction of environmental concepts
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The social construction of the environment and culture
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Culture and environment
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Socialization and environment
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Social movements and the environment
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Political thought and environmental ideas
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The political actor and the environment
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Ecological justice
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Ethics and environment
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Sustainable development or social sustainability?
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Interest groups and the environment
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The economy of natural resources and sustainable development
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Intergenerational equity
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Intergenerational solidarity
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Ecological debt and intergenerational justice
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The environmental culture of the actor
Important Dates and Submission Details:
- February 25, 2022: Abstract submission (300 words responding to what, why,
and how?) including full name, affiliation, email, and short bio.
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March 15, 2022: Notification of the abstracts + writing guidelines.
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April 1, 2022: Final paper submission.
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June 2022, Publication.
Note: The owners of published papers cannot claim any
material privilege for publication.
Initial and final papers shall be sent to the
following e-mail:
