L’Antropocene come sfida cognitiva per la teoria costituzionale: The Anthropocene as a Cognitive Challenge for Constitutional Theory
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores the Anthropocene and its implications for constitutional law, and recognises the Anthropocene as a cognitive challenge – forcing constitutional law to open up to new perspectives – and proposes a critical view on constitutional theory through the acknowledgement of a “learning constitutionalism”. The considerations that follow are situated in the field of constitutional theory and constitutional comparison in a dialogical and interdisciplinary approach. With the aim of defining the aforementioned assumptions, the paper focuses on four main thematic areas: 1) the Anthropocene as a cognitive challenge; 2) “the unforeseen Anthropocene” and the new horizons of constitutionalism; 3) resisting apolitical normalisation and “deciding how to decide”; 4) dependence and empathy in reference to constitutionalism’s cognitive openness to the ethics of care. Keywords: Anthropocene; Learning constitutionalism; Constitutional law; Cognitive challenges
Source: DPCE Online
Author: Petters Melo, Milena
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7215280644