ABSTRACT

Are we capable of developing a different way of being with nature, different to the disassociated and parasitic relationship which has come to define modern civilization? In answering this question it is usual to focus on our relationship with nature ‘out there’ but this article suggests the problem lies equally in our relation with nature ‘in here’, that is, in the problematic relationship we have to our own creatureliness - to our physical being, to our frailty, and to our mortality. It is as if we are in flight from the nature within us, indeed some entrepreneurs now dream of leaving their bodies behind to preserve themselves for the future. This hatred of our dependency on our own creaturely nature surely mirrors our relationship to nature ‘without’. It undermines our capacity for care, both for vulnerable humans and for nature.

摘要

我们是否有能力发展与自然界不同​​的方式，不同于定义现代文明的分离和寄生关系？在回答这个问题时，通常会着眼于“与外界”与自然的关系，但本文认为问题同样在于我们与“与自然”的关系，即我们与自己的纯朴性之间存在的问题关系-对我们的身体，我们的虚弱以及我们的死亡。仿佛我们正在逃避内在的自然，确实有些企业家现在梦想着抛弃自己的身体，为未来保驾护航。对我们对自己的自然界的依赖的仇恨无疑反映了我们与自然的“无”关系。它破坏了我们为弱势人类和大自然提供护理的能力。