Nature's Call for Change | with Marjolein Oele

Episode 5 of the In a Nutshell podcast, hosted by Jara Majerus, Antonia Leise | Vox, titled "Nature's Call for Change | with Marjolein Oele" was published on December 3, 2024 and runs 24 minutes.

December 3, 2024 ·24m · In a Nutshell

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Summary

Do we need to treat nature differently? How can philosophy help us do so? And what makes documentaries about cats a good starting point? In this week’s episode, Jara explores nature. More specifically, she investigates how humans relate to nature, why we like to see ourselves as separate from it, and why we treat nature the way we do. As always, she does so with an expert guest. For this episode, Marjolein Oele joins the podcast to offer insights and explanations on why humans and nature might not be so different after all. Marjolein is a professor in the Humanities at the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion at Radboud University. One of her many interests is environmental philosophy, which examines the natural environment and the place humans occupy within it. If you want to follow this train of thought and explore the human-nature relationship further, take Marjolein’s advice and watch the documentary Inside the Mind of a Cat.

Episode Description

Do we need to treat nature differently? How can philosophy help us do so? And what makes documentaries about cats a good starting point?

In this week’s episode, Jara explores nature. More specifically, she investigates how humans relate to nature, why we like to see ourselves as separate from it, and why we treat nature the way we do. As always, she does so with an expert guest. For this episode, Marjolein Oele joins the podcast to offer insights and explanations on why humans and nature might not be so different after all.

Marjolein is a professor in the Humanities at the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion at Radboud University. One of her many interests is environmental philosophy, which examines the natural environment and the place humans occupy within it.

If you want to follow this train of thought and explore the human-nature relationship further, take Marjolein’s advice and watch the documentary Inside the Mind of a Cat.