Questioning the virtues of pro-environmental behaviour research: Towards a phronetic approach
Questioning the virtues of pro-environmental behaviour research: Towards a phronetic approach
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10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.09.006
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2012-03-01
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3.5
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Hargreaves, Tom
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作者：
Hargreaves, Tom
本文借鉴 Flyvbjerg (2001) 发展语音社会科学的呼吁，认为当前许多有关环保行为 (PER) 的研究都是误导性的，甚至有潜在危险。在概述 Flyvbjerg 的论点之后，它回顾了 PEB 的现有工作，并认为，迄今为止，它主要追求亚里士多德的知识美德或技术美德，而忽略了亚里士多德本人认为最重要的实践。然后，它探讨了在文化地理学和环境社会学中发展实践方法的各个方面的方式，然后提供了 PEB 变革计划的简短实证案例研究，以说明实践方法的研究可能是什么样子。最后，呼吁 PEB 研究人员就其工作的目的和方法进行改进和更具反思性的对话，以提高其研究的相关性和影响力，并帮助个人和社区理解和应对他们当前面临的重大环境挑战。 (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
Drawing on Flyvbjerg's (2001) call for the development of phronetic social science, this paper argues that much current research into pro-environmental behaviour (PER) is misguided, and even potentially dangerous. After outlining Flyvbjerg's argument, it reviews existing work on PEB and argues that, to date, it has predominantly sought after the Aristotelian intellectual virtues of either episteme or techne, and has neglected phronesis which Aristotle himself saw as most important. It then explores the ways in which aspects of a phronetic approach are being developed in cultural geography and environmental sociology, before offering a brief empirical case study of a PEB-change initiative to illustrate what a phronetic approach to research might look like. It concludes by calling for an improved and more reflexive dialogue between PEB researchers regarding the purpose and approach of their work, both in order to improve the relevance and impact of their research, and in order to help individuals and communities understand and confront the significant environmental challenges they currently face. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.