Phenomenology

Greaves, Tom (2025) Phenomenology. In: Routledge Handbook of Nature and Environmental Aesthetics. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781032298221 (In Press)

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Abstract

This chapter demonstrates the significant convergence of methods, concerns, and commitments between environmental aesthetics and eco-phenomenology. Those commitments include cultivating radical openness to natural phenomena and the negotiation of an inherent tension between the original presentation of those phenomena and reflection on their meaning. The works of Ronald Hepburn and Arnold Berleant are taken as case studies showing this historical and methodological convergence. The chapter then discusses some important themes for contemporary eco-phenomenological aesthetics: the relationship between art and nature; the beauty of animals; the elemental, ephemeral events; and the breakdown of experience of nature. The chapter ends with some reflections on the importance of phenomenology as a critical method for environmental aesthetics.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Philosophy
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2025 11:30
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2025 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99573
DOI:	isbn:9781032298221

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