The Climate Crisis, Eastern-Western Philosophies, and The "China Question" | Graham Parkes | EP. 1

This conversation is part of the series 'Philosophy and Climate Change' ('Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast). Today we are joined by Graham Parkes. Graham Parkes is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawai‘i and Professorial Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. He has been teaching environmental philosophy and Asian and comparative thought for forty-five years, beginning at UC Santa Cruz, and later at universities in China, Japan, and Europe. He edited books such Heidegger and Asian Thoughts (1987), Nietzsche and Asian Thought (1991), Composing the Soul (1994) and translated works such as Thus Spoke Zarathustra (2005). Today we will focus on his most recent book How to Think About the Climate Crisis: A Philosophical Guide to Saner Ways of Living (2020). GUEST INFO: https://www.grahamparkes.net/ BOOK: How to Think about the Climate Crisis: A Philosophical Guide to Saner Ways of Living (2020) https://www.amazon.com/Think-about-Cl... PODCAST CHANNELS: ITunes/Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5IaosTb... HOST INFO: Fabian Corver is the Host & Producer of the Dare to Know! Philosophy Podcast. Fabian earned a Master of Letters in Philosophy from University of Glasgow and a B.B.A. from Fontys University of Applied Sciences. JOIN DISCORD (PHILOSOPHY & COGSCI READING GROUP): https://discordapp.com/invite/maAyDxU OUTLINE: 0:00​​​ - Introduction 0:53 - Background & Writing Book about Climate Crisis 3:36 - Western and Eastern Philosophies 5:28 - Reality of Global Heating | IPCC Report 10:18 - Technology & The ‘Promethean’ Attitude 13:58 - Right-Wing Libertarian Ideology & War on Ideas 18:06 - “The Republican war on science is a Holy War" 22:41 - Role of Religion in Climate Crisis 26:44 - The "China Question" 33:00 - Interconnectedness & The Primary Unit of Society 38:59 - Pluralism 45:24 - Education & "Good Leaders" | Confucian and Platonic political philosophy 54:35 - Whole world as The Ultimate Political Entity 59:50 - Individualism, Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Gigantism 1:04:04 - "Living According to Nature" 1:11:39 - Nietzsche & Justifying Life Through Beauty 1:17:33 - The Sacred & “The Usefulness of Being Useless” 1:22:30 - Cartesian Moment & Our Relationship to "Things" 1:28:50 - Urgent Questions & What Do We Do Now?