Research Catalog

Title

Ecology / [edited by] Carolyn Merchant.

Publication

Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Merchant, Carolyn.

Description

436 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Humans have devastated the earth by spilling chemicals into the water and the ground, mowing down forests in the name of commercial development and industry, and burning incredible amounts of toxic fuels that create fumes and blacken the skies. Since the first ill effects of industrialized society on the environment became known in the nineteenth century, modern environmental movements have strived to counter these trends. Most have failed. But as alarm over global warming grows and the unpredictable effects of human-made efforts to wrest the earth of its resources and ignore the waste mount, current trends in environmentalism and ecological concern make a clear case for not only a new way of thinking about how we treat our planet, but also for a new plan of action to correct our mistakes. The readings gathered in this thought-provoking collection expound on the issues of humankind's domination over nature and the new, necessary ways of looking at our surroundings and our impact on our environment."-- Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Key concepts in critical theory

Uniform Title

Key concepts in critical theory.

Subject

• Human ecology > Philosophy
• Social ecology > Philosophy
• Ecology
• Ecology
• Human ecology > Philosophy
• Social ecology > Philosophy
• Humanekologi

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Marx and Engels on ecology / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ; edited by Howard L. Parsons -- The concept of enlightenment / Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno ; translated by John Cumming -- Ecology and revolution / Herbert Marcuse -- The domination of nature / William Leiss -- The failed promise of critical theory / Robyn Eckersley -- Corporate globalization / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Global capitalism and the end of nature / Joel Kovel -- Global ecological movements / Brian Tokar -- Population and poverty / Barry Commoner -- Natural capitalism / Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins -- Deep ecology / Arne Naess -- The deep ecology movement / Bill Devall -- Ecocentrism and the anthropocentric detour / George Sessions -- The concept of social ecology / Murray Bookchin -- Socialism and ecology / James O'Connor -- The time for ecofeminism / Françoise d'Eaubonne ; translated by Ruth Hottell -- The ecofeminist connection / Ariel Kay Salleh -- Ecosocial feminism as a general theory of oppression / Val Plumwood -- Ecofeminist movements / Noël Sturgeon -- Towards a feminist green socialism / Mary Mellor -- The importance of environmental justice / Peter Wenz -- Confronting environmental racism / Robert Bullard -- The environmental justice movement / Luke Cole and Sheila Foster -- Development, ecology, and women / Vandana Shiva -- Conservation refugees / Mark Dowie
• Reinventing Eden / Carolyn Merchant -- Toward a healing of self and world / Joanna Macy -- The spiritual dimension of green politics / Charlene Spretnak -- Ecology and process theology / John Cobb Jr. -- Recovering the sacred / Winona LaDuke -- Systems theory and the new paradigm / Fritjof Capra -- The ecology of order and chaos / Donald Worster -- Postmodern science and a postmodern world / David Bohm -- Predictability: does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? / Edward Lorenz -- Science in a world of limited predictability / Ilya Prigogine -- Principles of environmental justice / The First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.

ISBN

• 9781591025788
• 1591025788

LCCN

2008000592

OCLC

• ocn190785270
• 190785270
• SCSB-1545664

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library