The Roots of Modern EnvironmentalismOriginally published in 1984, The Roots of Modern Environmentalism provides a historical, philosophical and ideological background to environmentalism. Topics covered include, the roots of technological environmentalism, the medieval cosmology and Bacon’s philosophy, the non-scientific roots of ecological environmentalism, such as Romanticism and its scientific roots in the theories of Malthus and Darwin. The Marxist perspective on Nature is also discussed. The concluding chapter is a criticism of education which challenges its usefulness as an agent of socio-economic change. This book will be of interest to academics and students of environmentalism and geography. |
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... century Ideological Context 5.5 The Paradigm Concept CHAPTER 6: THE MARXIST PERSPECTIVE ON NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTALISM 6.1 The Basis of Marxism 6.2 How Marxists See Nature 6.3 How Marxists See Specific Environmental Problems 6.4 Marxist ...
... century Ideological Context 5.5 The Paradigm Concept CHAPTER 6: THE MARXIST PERSPECTIVE ON NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTALISM 6.1 The Basis of Marxism 6.2 How Marxists See Nature 6.3 How Marxists See Specific Environmental Problems 6.4 Marxist ...
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... centuries we lived in harmony with our countryside'... but 'In just one generation everything has changed. Destruction of habitats has rapidly escalated to a disastrous level. The effect on wildlife and countryside has been devastating ...
... centuries we lived in harmony with our countryside'... but 'In just one generation everything has changed. Destruction of habitats has rapidly escalated to a disastrous level. The effect on wildlife and countryside has been devastating ...
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... centuries which generated both an intense interest in the natural world and those doubts and anxieties about man's relationship to it which we have inherited in magnified form (Thomas 1983, p 15) This book accepts all these arguments ...
... centuries which generated both an intense interest in the natural world and those doubts and anxieties about man's relationship to it which we have inherited in magnified form (Thomas 1983, p 15) This book accepts all these arguments ...
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... century, [and] which still dominate, as far as I can see, the minds of “educated” people today'. These were evolution; competition, natural selection and the survival of the fittest; the Marxist belief in the materialist base of history ...
... century, [and] which still dominate, as far as I can see, the minds of “educated” people today'. These were evolution; competition, natural selection and the survival of the fittest; the Marxist belief in the materialist base of history ...
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... century, attaching it (like White, rather vaguely) to the growth from the 17th century of the science and technology of the type we know today. There are others, however, who in their turn would regard this approach as too superficial ...
... century, attaching it (like White, rather vaguely) to the growth from the 17th century of the science and technology of the type we know today. There are others, however, who in their turn would regard this approach as too superficial ...
Contents
THE ROOTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL | |
THE NONSCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL | |
THE SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL | |
SCIENCE AND OBJECTIVITY | |
ENVIRONMENTALISM | |
THE POLITICAL ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL | |
CONCLUSION IS EDUCATION THE GREATEST | |
REFERENCES | |
GLOSSARY OF TERMS | |
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19th century Albury Albury and Schwartz animals argue become behaviour Bookchin bourgeoisie capitalism capitalist Capra Cartesian dualism Chapter classical science concept consciousness cultural filter Darwin Descartes determinism deterministic dominant dualism earth ecocentric ecofascism ecological economic ecosystems ecotopia emphasises energy environment environmental environmentalists essentially existence facts fundamental Garrett Hardin Glacken God’s groups historical human ideas ideology increase industrial influence interests knowledge labour lifeboat ethic limits Limits to Growth Malthus man-nature relationship man’s Marx Marxist material mathematical matter means mechanistic medieval mode of production modern movement neo-Malthusians nuclear power O’Riordan objective observation organic organisation paradigm particular perspective phenomenology philosophy physical political pollution population growth position principles problems progress reality recognise relation revolution romantic romanticism Sandbach says scientific laws scientific revolution scientists social Social Darwinism socialist society specific surplus value systems view technocentric theory universal values