Department of Philosophy Occasional Colloquium Series

Environmental Philosophy in France

by Catherine Larrère

in GAB 310

Tuesday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Catherine Larrère is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the Université Michel Montaigne/Bordeaux III in Bordeaux, France and lives in Paris. She is a member of the editorial board of Environmental Ethics, the journal. She is author of Les Philosophies de l'Environnement, and with her husband, Raphaël Larrère, of Du Bon Usage de la Nature (both books reviewed by Pete A. Y. Gunter in either a recent or upcoming issue of Environmental Ethics, the journal). The Larrères are also editors of La Crise Environnementale, a conference proceedings which include, in addition to papers by distinguished French ecologists and philosophers, papers by Bryan G. Norton, Michael Zimmerman, and J. Baird Callicott.

Professor Max Oelschlaeger will devote the second half of his seminar in Postmodern Environmental Philosophy to Professor Larrère's paper. Professor Pete A. Y. Gunter will respond to Professor Larrère's remarks. Discussion will follow.

Students, faculty, and the general public are invited to attend.

For special accomodation, call 565-2266, or send an email to philosophy@unt.edu.