Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 562 g
A Reader in Environmental Literature, Philosophy and Politics
Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 562 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-07925-9
Verlag: Routledge
Green History traces the development of ecological writing through history and forms a broad critical review of green ideas and movements reinforcing the importance of environmental concern and action in our own time. Animal rights, ecology as science, feminism, green fascism/socialism/anarchism, land reform, peaceful protest, industrialization, ancient ecology, evolution, grassroots activism, philosophical holism, recycling, Taoism, demographics, utopias, sustainability, spiritualism.all these issues and many more are discussed. Authors include Alice Walker on massacre in the City of Brotherly Love, Aldous Huxley on progress, Lewis Mumford on the organic outlook, Engels on natural dialectics, Thoreau on the fontier life, the Shelleys on vegetarianism and playing God, Bacon on the New Atlantis, Hildegard of Bingen on green vigour, the unknown writer of the Bodhisattva and the Hungry Tigress and Plato on soil erosion. Each article is set within its historical and thematic context. A full introduction and a guide to further reading are also provided.
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Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction 1 Ancient wisdom 2 Ecology and early urban civilization 3 The origins of environmental danger 4 Theories of breakdown 5 Putting the Earth first 6 Gaia 7 Philosophical holism 8 The web of life 9 Against growth 10 Sustainable development 11 The Frankenstein factor 12 Peaceful protest 13 The city and the country 14 Eco-feminism 15 Spiritual awakenings 16 Literary roots 17 Green revolutionaries 18 Green politics 19 Utopia or else!
