In the newly published anthology “Die Enzyklika Laudato si’. Ein interdisziplinärer Nachhaltigkeitsansatz?” members of the ZIN take a close look at various aspects of the encyclical from their respective professional perspectives. Marianne Heimach-Steins and Nils Stockmann begin by examining the role of the church as an actor in social change in a “Dialog zwischen christlicher Sozialethik und Politikwissenschaft” (Heimbach-Steins / Schlacke 2019: 6). Subsequently, Paul Reuber and Doris Fuchs critically comment on the political spatial constructions of society and the environment contained in the encyclical from the perspective of political geography and political economy. In the next chapter, Markus Lederer deals with the Pope’s critique of capitalism from a political science and political economy standpoint. While the following chapter by Sabine Schlacke takes an international law perspective by focusing on state responsibility for environment and development, Matthias Grundmann, Benjamin Görgen and Björn Wendt examine socio-theoretical and socio-ecological aspects of sustainability from a sociological point of view. Lastly, Tillmann Buttschardt and Cornelia Steinhäuser examine “from the perspective of landscape ecology, what images and terms the encyclical uses to talk about soil as a resource and which signals result for the ‘holistic ecology’ represented by Pope Francis” (Heimbach-Steins / Schlacke 2019: 7) [own translation]. Summarized information and an order form can be found under this link.
[Source: Heimbach-Steins, Marianne und Schlacke, Sabine (Hrsg.) (2019): Die Enzyklika Laudato si‘. Ein interdisziplinärer Nachhaltigkeitsansatz?. Baden-Baden: Nomos.]
