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Biocentrism has been proposed as an antonym of Anthropocentrism , which is a conscious or subconscious belief that human beings and human society are, or should be, the central focus of existence. Donald Worster has traced today’s biocentric conscience, which is an important part of the recovery of a sense of kinship between man and nature, to Victorians reacting against the Christian ethic of dominion over nature. He points out that Darwin was the most important spokesman for the biocentric attitude in ecological thought and quotes from his ‘Notebooks on Transmutation’
Another thread of biocentricity comes from ethnological studies of species-specific taboos. This is an important contribution to the concept of ‘Sacred Ecology’ developed by Fikret Berkes from his studies on traditional resource management. REFERENCES Worster, D. (1977) Nature’s Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas, Sierra Club Books. Berkes, F. (1999) Sacred Ecology, Taylor & Francis. SEE ALSO
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