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Pragmatic Thinking about Self, Society, and Natural Environment: Mead, Carson, and Beyond
Author(s) -
Weigert Andrew J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1525/si.2008.31.3.235
Subject(s) - natural (archaeology) , strict constructionism , epistemology , sociology , action (physics) , perspective (graphical) , social constructionism , context (archaeology) , intervention (counseling) , social environment , environmental ethics , social psychology , psychology , social science , computer science , geography , philosophy , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , psychiatry
An interactionist approach provides a relevant point of view on human—natural environment relations. This essay draws on an interactionist approach from a Meadian, pragmatic, social constructionist perspective. In the context of grounded distinctions for interpreting “natural environment,” this discussion considers instances of human intervention and levels of responses, for example, individual, social, cultural, historical, and utopian, as variant, even conflicting, reconstructions of the foundational relationship of human—natural environment interaction. Incorporating a pragmatic model derived from Rachel Carson, the work at hand focuses on knowledge and ethical claims, as discourse and action shift from preventing to mitigating and adjusting environmental outcomes.