The Roots of Modern EnvironmentalismRoutledge, 6 dec 2019 - 258 pagina's Originally published in 1984, The Roots of Modern Environmentalism provides a historical, philosophical and ideological background to environmentalism. Topics covered include, the roots of technological environmentalism, the medieval cosmology and Bacon’s philosophy, the non-scientific roots of ecological environmentalism, such as Romanticism and its scientific roots in the theories of Malthus and Darwin. The Marxist perspective on Nature is also discussed. The concluding chapter is a criticism of education which challenges its usefulness as an agent of socio-economic change. This book will be of interest to academics and students of environmentalism and geography. |
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... observation techniques, and past experience. By studying the filter and reconstructing the perceived environment the observer is able to explain particular options and actions on the part of the group being studied. (Jeans 1974, see ...
... observation that while the work of scientists to answer questions and solve problems may proceed in a neutral way, the issue of what questions are asked, and what problems are deemed to be worthy of scientific study is, of course, not ...
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Inhoudsopgave
THE ROOTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL | |
THE NONSCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL | |
THE SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL | |
SCIENCE AND OBJECTIVITY | |
ENVIRONMENTALISM | |
THE POLITICAL ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL | |
CONCLUSION IS EDUCATION THE GREATEST | |
REFERENCES | |
GLOSSARY OF TERMS | |