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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... man's physical environment. This deterioration has been attributed to widespread industrialisation over the past hundred or two years, allied to increased material consumption by rapidly-expanding populations. Concern has been expressed ...
... man's physical environment. This deterioration has been attributed to widespread industrialisation over the past hundred or two years, allied to increased material consumption by rapidly-expanding populations. Concern has been expressed ...
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... man's relationship to it which we have inherited in magnified form (Thomas 1983, p 15) This book accepts all these ... man degrades and threatens his own planet has not of itself produced the likelihood of serious or permanent remedial ...
... man's relationship to it which we have inherited in magnified form (Thomas 1983, p 15) This book accepts all these ... man degrades and threatens his own planet has not of itself produced the likelihood of serious or permanent remedial ...
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... man's reflections on almost any subject', it is essential to discover what they are. For the question of how we ... Man consciously responds to his environment as he perceives it: the perceived environment will usually contain some but ...
... man's reflections on almost any subject', it is essential to discover what they are. For the question of how we ... Man consciously responds to his environment as he perceives it: the perceived environment will usually contain some but ...
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... man and not present in the real environment ... The real environment ... is seen through a cultural filter, made up of attitudes, limits set by observation techniques, and past experience. By studying the filter and reconstructing the ...
... man and not present in the real environment ... The real environment ... is seen through a cultural filter, made up of attitudes, limits set by observation techniques, and past experience. By studying the filter and reconstructing the ...
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... man wearing a white coat in the toothpaste advert will tell us, while he reels off an unintelligible 'formula' (which ... man's relationship to nature is one of domination and exploitation – and can continue increasingly to be so, given ...
... man wearing a white coat in the toothpaste advert will tell us, while he reels off an unintelligible 'formula' (which ... man's relationship to nature is one of domination and exploitation – and can continue increasingly to be so, given ...
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