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Ecology by Carolyn Merchant
This text argues that as we survey the effects of modernism -environmental destructions, the net consumption of irreplaceable natural resources and the ever-widening gulf between first and third worlds - we are forced to grapple with the consequences of the domination of nature by human beings.
Starting with an examination of the use of modernist thought as legitimation for the domination of nature, the essays progress on a broad front, they examine: how first-world economies create third-world dependency; the connections between poverty and population; how basic needs could be fulfilled in a green sustainable economy; the debate among deep, social and socialist ecologists over the ecological worldview ecofeminism and the liberation of both women and nature; environmental justice for minorities and third-world peoples; the need for spiritual relations between people and nature; and a postmodern science that offers people a partnership with nature.
The conclusion presents the principles of environmental justice adopted by the First National People of Colour Environmental Leadership Summit. Each essay stands on its own as a contribution to the ecological debate, but the cumulative effect is clearly to ask how critical theorists, environmental philosophers and scientists propose to liberate both human beings and nature. |
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| Author(s) : Carolyn Merchant | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1573926000 | ISBN-13 : 9781573926003 |
| RRP : £18.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Key Concepts in Critical Theory S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 19/07/1999
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page Length : 383mm
Page Size : 230mm