Dominique Bourg (born 11 August 1953 in

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; ) is a French

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. Since 2006, he is professor at the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of the

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(Switzerland).Dominique Bourg
, www.unil.ch (page visited on 11 October 2013). He has two doctorates and is a specialist of the environment, global changes, and

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. He published many articles and books and participated in various committees related to the environment.

Works

Dominique Bourg co-directed ''La pensée écologique. Une anthologie'' (literally "Ecological Thinking: an Anthology") with Antoine Fragnière (2014) and the ''Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique'' ("Dictionary of Ecological Thinking") with Alain Papaux (2015). Pascaline Minet
"La pensée écologique en cinq mots"
''

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'', Tuesday 13 October 2016 (page visited on 19 June 2016). He analyses that, "Ecological thinking is characterised by a critique of modernity, a scepticism about the possibility of solving environmental problems through technology and a questioning of the separation between humans and nature". According to Bourg, the root of the global problem (the deterioration of the environment) is the flow of materials and energy (linked with

consumerism Consumerism is a socio-cultural and economic phenomenon that is typical of industrialized societies. It is characterized by the continuous acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing quantities. In contemporary consumer society, the ...

). He also thinks that over the last decades,

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increased

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and economic inequality while accelerating the destruction of natural resources and ecosystems, but without fulfilling its promise to provide more jobs or make people happier.

Honours

* Prix du « Promeneur solitaire » in 2003.Dominique Bourg

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, biography from the documentation of

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(page visited on 15 July 2016). * Officer of the National Order of Merit since 2004.Dominique Bourg
personal page on the website of the Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the

(page visited on 15 July 2016). * Officer of the

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since 2013 (Knight since 2001). * « Prix du livre environnement » of the

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Foundation in 2015, for the ''Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique'' ("Dictionary of Ecological Thinking").

Other

Dominique Bourg was part of the " Coppens commission" who prepared the French

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of 2004.

Notes and references

External links

Page on the website of the University of Lausanne
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourg, Dominique 20th-century French philosophers Anti-consumerists Degrowth advocates University of Strasbourg alumni Academic staff of the University of Lausanne 1953 births Officers of the Legion of Honour Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Living people French male non-fiction writers French expatriates in Switzerland French philosophers of technology