Modern environmentalism : an introduction

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Modern environmentalism : an introduction

David Pepper

Routledge, 1996

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-362) and index

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Modern Environmentalism presents a comprehensive introduction to environmentalism, the origins of its main beliefs and ideas, and how these relate to modern environmental ideologies. Providing a historical overview of the development of attitudes to nature and the environment in society, the book examines key environmentalist ideas, influences and movements. Science's role in mediating our view of nature is emphasised throughout. This entirely new account draws on the explosion of writing on socio-environment relations since Pepper's earlier work, The Roots of Modern Environmentalism.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why History And Ideology Matter 1 Defining Environmentalism 2 Some Fundamental Issues In Radical Environmentalism 3 Pre-Modern And Modern Ideas About Nature And Science: The Roots Of Technocentrism 4 Modern Roots Of Ecocentrism 5 Postmodern Science And Ecocentrism: Subjectivity, Ideology And The Critique Of Classical Science 6 Ways Ahead

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