Environmentalism and political theory : toward an ecocentric approach

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Environmentalism and political theory : toward an ecocentric approach

Robyn Eckersley

UCL Press, 1992

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index

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ISBN 9781857280197

Description

Aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive examination of the impact of environmentalism on contemporary political thought. The book sets out to disentangle the various strands of Green political thought and explain their relationship to the major

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Staking out the green terrain: the development of modern ecopolitical thought - from participation and survival to emancipation
  • exploring the environmental spectrum - from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism
  • ecocentrism explained and defended. Part 2 An ecocentric analysis of green political thought: the ecocentric challenge to Marxism
  • the failed promise of crucial theory
  • ecosocialism - the post-Marxist synthesis
  • ecoanarchism - the non-Marxist visionaries.
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: pbk ISBN 9781857280203

Description

This book represents the consolidation of a new field of political enquiry that is becoming an increasingly important component of political studies throughout the world. Eckersley's interdisciplinary study builds bridges between environmental philosophy, ecological thought and political enquiry, using a range of new insights from environmental philosophy to outline a particular Green political perspective. Aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive examination of the impact of environmentalism on contemporary political thought.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Staking out the green terrain: the development of modern ecopolitical thought - from participation and survival to emancipation
  • exploring the environmental spectrum - from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism
  • ecocentrism explained and defended. Part 2 An ecocentric analysis of green political thought: the ecocentric challenge to Marxism
  • the failed promise of crucial theory
  • ecosocialism - the post-Marxist synthesis
  • ecoanarchism - the non-Marxist visionaries.

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