Political nature : environmentalism and the interpretation of Western thought /

Concern over environmental problems is prompting us to reexamine established thinking about society and politics. The challenge is to find a way for the public's concern for the environment to become more integral to social, economic, and political decision making. Two interpretations have domi...

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Prif Awdur: Meyer, John M.
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
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Cyhoeddwyd: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=75025
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • [pt. 1]. Future and past
  • 2. Worldviews and the evasion of politics in environmentalist thought
  • 3. Searching for roots : environmentalist interpretations of the history of Western thought
  • [pt]. 2. Rethinking nature in political theory
  • 4. Mechanical nature and modern politics : the system of Thomas Hobbes
  • 5. Natural ends and political naturalism? Understanding Aristotle
  • [pt]. 3. Political nature
  • 6. Nature, politics, and the experience of place
  • 7. New possibilities for environmental politics
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.