Articles by Dr Peter Burdon
- Profile
- Dr Peter Burdon is Associate Professor at the Adelaide Law School. He is deputy chair of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Ethics Specialist Group; deputy director of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment for Australasia and sits on the steering committee of the Ecological Law and Governance Association.
Economy, Environment
Emancipation In The Anthropocene
In 1958 Hannah Arendt published, The Human Condition.(1) At the beginning of this wide-ranging work, Arendt proposes “a reconsideration of the human condition from the vantage point of our newest experiences and our most recent fears.”(2) The major historical event which motivated this study was the launch of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union and the prospect this technological advance... Read More