Linhas de fuga do Antropoceno: ontologias não-modernas e os antípodas da Razão
António Carvalho, Mariana Riquito
e-cadernos CES December 9, 2024 DOI: 10.4000/eces.7546 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Altered states of consciousness |
| Keywords | Extractivism Anthropocene Climate crisis Non-modern ontologies |
| Key points | Argues that developing non-modern ontologies offers alternative ways of reacting to the Anthropocene beyond cognition and representation. |
Abstract
This experimental article departs from the current controversy of the Anthropocene to reflect on alternatives to modern Western rationality, highlighting the need to develop non-modern ontologies to face the current climate and environmental crisis. A series of heterogeneous examples are used – from contemplative practices, altered states of consciousness to planetary models – to reflect on the connection between humans, terrestrial systems and their bodies. These examples are seen as allegories that put us face to face with the disruptive character of the Anthropocene, contrasting with the dominant ontologies of Western modernity. The article aims to carry out a performative and provocative exercise to produce alternative ways of “reacting” to the Anthropocene beyond cognition and representation, combining different epistemological and disciplinary registers – sometimes within the limits of conventional academic language – that are understood as lines of escape, thus launching the motto for this issue of e-cadernos CES.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on altered states of consciousness, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered States of Consciousness | 1966 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death | 1969 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| A neurophenomenological approach to non-ordinary states of consciousness: hypnosis, meditation, and psychedelics | 2022 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Hypnotic phenomena and altered states of consciousness: a multilevel framework of description and explanation | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |