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Z.Łepko,R.Sadowski(red.),Ahumanistapproachtosustainabledevelopment,Warszawa2009
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Preface
Thehumanities’contributiontotheongoingenvironmentaldebate
isexpressedmostfullyinthevariouspostulatesforanecologicalethos
ofthesurvivalofmankind.Allofthosepostulatessubsumetherealis-
ticbeliefthattheconservationrequirementsapplyingtonature,ex-
cludingitshumancomponent,mustbereconciledandbalancedwith
mankind’scivilizationalaspirations.Thusthepostulatestakeintoac-
countthebeliefthatthenecessaryconditionforthedevelopmentof
humancivilizationistheprudentuseofnature’sresourcesthatsupply
uswithadequateamountsoffood,energyandrawmaterials.Theright
approachtoconservationmusttherefore–inaccordancewithHubert
Markle’sdiagnosis–takeintoconsideration“theinevitabilityofthe
transitionfromtheMesozoiceraofnaturetotheanthropozoiceraof
manandhisglobaleconomicculture”.Thisinturncallsforastrength-
eningofsystemicsolutionssecuringabalancedandproportionatein-
terdependencebetweennatureandculture.Studiesonthisissuehigh-
lighttheneedtotakeuparangeofactivitiesinwhichaproportionally
balancedrelationshipofnatureandculturewouldbeexpressed–as
PhilippeR.putsit–“throughaglobalpartnershipaimedatreconciling
theinseparablerequirementsofahealthyenvironmentandofahealthy
economyforallthepeoplesoftheworld”.
Thiscollectionofpaperspresentsahumanisticapproachtosus-
tainabledevelopment,focusingonitstheoreticalandmethodological,
legalandadministrative,religiousandcivilizational,aswellasso-
cio-politicalaspects.Theverynumberoftheseaspectsontheone
handpointstothecomplexityofthehumanistapproachtoenviron-
mentalconcerns,andontheotherseemstocrownmanyyearsofeffort
putintoexploringthesignificanceofitscontributiontothediagnosis
andcontroloftheecologicalcrisis,andtheattemptstoovercomeit.
