Elemental Pathways Through Nature: Beyond Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism: Programme and abstracts : International Symposium, Koper, 15-16 June, 2026

Authors

Pier Francesco Corvino (ed)
Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0425-9215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-26-8

Keywords:

elements, water, environment, air, earth, fire, nature, anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, philosophy, environmental humanities

Synopsis

The renewed philosophical focus on elemental aspects signifies a major shift in contemporary environmental thought, moving beyond traditional symbolic or resource-based interpretations of air, water, earth, and fire. These elements are now seen as dynamic fields of relation that facilitate re-examinations of embodiment, imagination, temporality, and ecological coexistence. This “elemental shift” urges philosophy to engage with the materiality of existence while avoiding reductive naturalism and technocratic approaches. It critiques modern ecological discourse’s abstractions and emphasizes interconnectedness over isolated subjects or systems. Rather than establishing a new orthodoxy, this elemental perspective fosters diverse philosophical reflections, challenging established oppositions like anthropocentrism and ecocentrism. ZRS Koper is enhancing its role in developing elemental philosophy and environmental humanities, expanding its research on air and atmosphere to broader elemental thought. The symposium, “Elemental Pathways Through Nature,” aims to unite scholars from various fields to explore new conceptual approaches to nature and coexistence amid planetary uncertainty.

Chapters

  • “Whatsoever Passeth Through the Paths of the Seas”
    Blue Theology in the Arctic
    Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir
  • Mystical Fire in the Medieval Kabbalist Tradition
    Effacement, Exile, Ethics
    Michael Marder
  • Doing Theology in the Chthulucene
    A Kenotic Theology of Entanglement
    Aksel Johan Lund
  • Wild Beauty and the Elemental World
    David Macauley
  • An Ethics of Deep Immanence
    Lenart Škof
  • From Subtle Bodies to Temperament
    On Elemental Transfiguration
    Pier Francesco Corvino
  • Grasping Elemental Loss in Times of Climate Change
    From Infinitesimal Changes to Affective and Cognitive Disorientation
    Marjolein Oele
  • On the Spherical Shape of Time
    David Abram
  • Thinking Arks
    Animals and the Origins of Human Imagination
    Serenella Iovino
  • Cultivating Beauty
    Sakura and the Metamorphosis of Culture
    Alberto Parisi
  • Indestructible Relations
    Notes on Elemental Politics
    Giovanbattista Tusa
  • “Living through” the Elements
    Cirila Toplak
  • Experiencing the Elements
    Salt-working as Environmental Wisdom
    Maja Bjelica, Petri Berndtson
  • Intelligence of Nature and its Elemental Beings
    Marko Pogačnik
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July 2, 2026

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Copyright (c) 2026 Pier Francesco Corvino (Urednik zbornika); Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir, Michael Marder, Aksel Johan Lund, David Macauley, Lenart Škof, Marjolein Oele, David Abram, Serenella Iovino, Alberto Parisi, Giovanbattista Tusa, Cirila Toplak, Maja Bjelica, Petri Berndtson, Marko Pogačnik (Avtor poglavja)

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978-961-7276-26-8

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Elemental Pathways Through Nature: Beyond Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism: Programme and abstracts : International Symposium, Koper, 15-16 June, 2026. (2026). ANNALES ZRS, Scientific Publishing House. https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-26-8