Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Nordeuropa-Institut

Today, we live in the age of an ecological crisis, a danger which is acute, existential, and planetary. In this situation, should we perceive nature in other ways than anthropocentric? If so, there are at least two main avenues ahead; biocentrism and ecocentrism. When it comes to democracy, this idea can be understood in different ways. Ecological democracy is one relevant model in the context of the ecological crisis. Is the idea of ecological democracy relevant in the Anthropocene? Given that, would biocentrism or ecocentrism be the most convincing account of nature as the foundation of this model of democracy?