European conservatism and the study of nature: From sacralization of nature to nihilism

The issue of how we understand nature and operate with it goes beyond the scope ecology or economics directly affects ontological-anthropological foundations culture. subject-object model that dominates today claims universal validity, but many thinkers challenge its universality. Representatives European continental conservative thought 20th - early 21st centuries focus on already accepted forms natural knowledge relations, which do not imply objectification reduction to an economic resource. These cultural belong historical past, raises question possible return them by contemporary man their his life. article starts analysis nature-knowledge dominated, according mentioned thinkers, before modern ‘objectification’ nature. author considers two related non-identical approaches ‘traditional’ understanding developed these thinkers. first approach ‘sanctification nature’, i.e., world is objectified understood as a single reality includes has sacred status. second represented metaphysically oriented conservatists primarily through function symbolizing transcendent supernatural world. Then thinkers’ views ‘nihilism’ last centuries, led current subjectobject relationship nature, focuses perception Christian concludes hypothesis recognition each culture’s ‘right own nature’ (the essence pluralism) can help overcome universalization specific choosing different known this culture in past epochs.