{"title":"5. Is Ecology Absurd? Diogenes and the End of Civilization","authors":"Pauline Goul","doi":"10.1515/9789048537211-008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter proposes to unravel the many ecological underpinnings of\n Diogenes of Sinope’s Cynicism. Perhaps thinking cynically about climate\n change requires going back to Ancient Cynicism in general, and Diogenes\n of Sinope in particular; within the argument of this volume, this chapter\n explores the resurgence of Diogenes and the particular tone of the works\n of François Rabelais and Michel Montaigne. It makes a convincing case for\n reading both of these authors less as polar opposites and more as thinkers\n of the ecological shift in early modern France.","PeriodicalId":180042,"journal":{"name":"Early Modern Écologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Early Modern Écologies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048537211-008","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This chapter proposes to unravel the many ecological underpinnings of
Diogenes of Sinope’s Cynicism. Perhaps thinking cynically about climate
change requires going back to Ancient Cynicism in general, and Diogenes
of Sinope in particular; within the argument of this volume, this chapter
explores the resurgence of Diogenes and the particular tone of the works
of François Rabelais and Michel Montaigne. It makes a convincing case for
reading both of these authors less as polar opposites and more as thinkers
of the ecological shift in early modern France.