Understanding sustainability through the lens of ecocentric radical-reflexivityimplications for management education

Resumo

This paper seeks to contribute to the debate around sustainability by proposing the need for an ecocentric stance to sustainability that reflexively embeds humans in—rather than detached from—nature. We argue that this requires a different way of thinking about our relationship with our world, necessitating a (re)engagement with the sociomaterial world in which we live. We develop the notion of ecocentrism by drawing on insights from sociomateriality studies, and show how radical-reflexivity enables us to appreciate our embeddedness and responsibility for sustainability by bringing attention to the interrelationship between values, actions and our social and material world. We examine the implications of an ecocentric radically reflexive approach to sustainability for management education.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2017

Instituição

Springer Netherlands

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

DOI

10.1007/s10551-016-3420-3

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25277

Temas

Meio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

EcocentrismRadical-reflexivityReflexivitySociomaterialitySustainabilityCiências sociaisSustentabilidadeSustentabilidade e meio ambienteConscientização