Keywords:
Environmentalism.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Philosophy of nature.
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Social ecology.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Underlying current controversies about environmental regulation are shared concerns, divided interests and different ways of thinking about the earth and our proper relationship to it. This book brings together writings on nature and environment that illuminate thought and action in this realm.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781317453710
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1977443
DDC:
333.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Thinking About the Environment: What's Theory Got to Do With It? -- Part I: The Physical World -- 2 On the Physical World: An Introduction -- 3 The Creation of the World -- 4 The Purpose of Nature -- 5 The City of God -- 6 Creation in Light of Luiseño Religion -- 7 The Hopi Myth of Creation -- Part II: Law and Property -- 8 Law, Property, and the Environment: An Introduction -- 9 The Nature of Private Property -- 10 Of Property -- 11 The Commodity -- 12 The Categorical Imperative -- 13 The Problem of Justice Between Generations -- 14 The New Forms of Control -- 15 Liberalism and Environmental Quality -- Part III: The Green Critique -- 16 The Green Critique: An Introduction -- 17 Higher Laws -- 18 Nature -- 19 Silent Spring -- 20 The Population Bomb -- 21 The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology -- 22 Ecology: The Shallow and the Deep -- 23 The Tragedy of the Commons -- 24 Feminism and the Revolt of Nature -- 25 The Concept of Social Ecology -- 26 The Diversity of Life -- 27 Environmental Racism and the Environmental Justice Movement -- Part IV: Accommodating the Future -- 28 Accommodating the Future: Strategies for Resolving the Environmental Quagmire -- 29 Environmental Justice -- 30 Should Trees Have Standing? -- 31 Ecological Literacy -- 32 Envisioning a Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way Out -- 33 Free Market Environmentalism -- 34 Steady-State Economics -- 35 Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics -- 36 Normative Theory and Public Policy -- 37 Democratic Dilemmas in the Age of Ecology -- 38 Rights and the Further Future -- 39 Thinking About Sustainable Development: What's Theory Got to Do With It? -- Index -- About the Editors.
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