A PROPOSAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: TOWARDS A DIVERGENT POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL ‘REVOLUTION’

Year 2017, Issue: 56, 87 - 106, 31.03.2017

Nevio Crıstante

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to provide the means for a better understanding of the new and multifaceted conceptualizations of environmental sustainability. The projection extends from insights gathered from a renewal of ancient cosmological views that have become prominent in contemporary political understandings, coupled with the similarities of the unique cultures of Indigenous Peoples, with their distinctive manners of perceiving the necessity of environmental sustainability. Indigenous Peoples have always sought to retain their cultural, economic, and political characteristics distinct from the dominant societies. Yet they are included as well within the UN in one the primary concerns generated by the “International Community,” as a motivating factor of global governance. The goal of environmental sustainability is within contemporary global governance. It is directed towards the present day through the use of concepts that have persisted in Indigenous histories for centuries. Contemporary understandings of global governance and the earthly-view of Indigenous Peoples strive together toward environmental sustainability.

Keywords

Environment, Nature, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Cosmological, Global Governance, Economic Justice, Sacred Indigenous Dreamtime

A PROPOSAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: TOWARDS A DIVERGENT POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL ‘REVOLUTION’

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, yeni ve çok-yönlü çevresel sürdürülebilirlik kavramsallaştırmalarının daha iyi anlaşılabilmesini sağlamak için bir yol açmaktır. Buna ilişkin öngörü, temelini, yalnızca onlara özgü olacak şekilde çevresel sürdürülebilirliğin gerekliliğinin farkına varmış olan yerli halkların biricik kültürleriyle olan benzerlikleriyle çağdaş siyaset yaklaşımlarında hakim olan kadim kozmolojik görüşlerin yeniden canlanmasından edinilen bilgilerden almaktadır. Yerli halklar; kültürel, ekonomik ve siyasi özelliklerini egemen toplumlardan uzak tutarak her zaman kendi yaşam şekillerini sürdürmeye çabalamışlardır. Bununla birlikte küresel yönetimin teşvik edici bir etkisi olarak “Uluslararası Toplum”ca üretilen temel kaygılar dahilinde Birleşmiş Milletler’de yer almaktadırlar. Çevresel sürdürülebilirliğin hedefi, günümüz küresel yönetim kapsamında yer bulmaktadır. Günümüze yönlenişi ise, yüzyıllar boyunca yerli halk hikayelerinde süregelen kavramların kullanımı üzerinden gerçekleşmiştir. Çağdaş küresel yönetim yaklaşımları ve yerli halkların dünyevi bakışı, çevresel sürdürülebilirlik yönünde beraberce mücadele etmektedirler.

Keywords

Çevre, Doğa, Siyaset, Din, Tinselik, Kozmolojik, Küresel Yönetişim, Ekonomik Adalet, Kutsal Yerli “Rüyazaman”

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