Examining the Global Climate Change Crisis: A Critical Analysis of Roy Bhaskar s Meta-Reality and the Ontology of Islamic Law
Abstract
Purpose The global climate crisis can no longer be understood merely as an ecological issue; rather, it is a structural manifestation of fossil capitalism that reproduces social inequality, environmental exploitation, and humanity's ontological alienation from nature. This article aims to analyse the climate crisis through the reciprocal relationship between Roy Bhaskar's concept of Meta-Reality and the ontology of Islamic law, whilst formulating an Islam-Metarealist framework as a transformative ecological paradigm.Methodology/approach - This research is a qualitative study grounded in a literature review, employing an approach informed by Islamic legal philosophy and critical realism. Data were collected through documentary research and a critical examination of the works of Roy Bhaskar, literature concerning climate justice and fossil capitalism, as well as studies on Islamic environmental jurisprudence (fiqh al-bi'ah), Islamic legal theory (u?ul al-fiqh), and the objectives of Islamic law (maqa?id al-syari'ah) in relation to the environment. Analysis was conducted using philosophical hermeneutics, normative discourse analysis, and critical retroduction to elucidate the causal structure of the climate crisis.Findings - The results indicate that the climate crisis represents a manifestation of fossil capitalism's demi-reality, which normalises ecological exploitation through the logic of unlimited growth. In contrast, the principles of the oneness of God (taw?id),…
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