ECOLOGICAL REALITY: Its Crisis and Praxis
Keywords:
Crisis, PraxisAbstract
The ecological reality that shapes the consciousness of a human mind has a dual face: the crisis it undergoes and its praxis. This presentation delineates the dual face of the ecological reality, crisis and praxis, as a basis for an ecological conscientisation appropriate to an average human mind.
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