A Hegelian approach to resilient communities

Richard A. Buck

doi:10.5055/jem.0811

Authors

Richard A. Buck, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1034-6107

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0811

Keywords:

climate change, communities and groups, Hegel, resilient, theoretical

Abstract

This theoretical study draws on the insights of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to suggest certain aspects of communities and other groups that would tend to make them more resilient in the face of climate change. While Hegel addresses resilient dimensions at the societal level, this study interprets Hegel’s work to derive aspects of groups within society that would tend to make them resilient.

Author Biography

Richard A. Buck, PhD

Retired after a 30-year career with US Government disaster assistance programs and is now an independent scholar investigating the transformation of society and consciousness

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