1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00258246

Autore

Diebold, Michael P.

Titolo

Application of Light Scattering to Coatings : A User’s Guide / Michael P. Diebold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2014

Descrizione fisica

X, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

660

620.11

621.89

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910170969403321

Autore

Milton Kay <1951->

Titolo

Environmentalism and cultural theory : exploring the role of anthropology in environmental discourse / / Kay Milton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-82106-9

1-134-82107-7

1-280-35477-1

0-203-20544-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 266 p

Collana

Environment and society

Disciplina

303.2

Soggetti

Environmentalism - Social aspects

Culture

Ethnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-256) and index.



Nota di contenuto

1. Anthropology, culture and environmentalism -- 2. Culture and ecology -- 3. Environmentalism in social science -- 4. Environmentalism and cultural diversity -- 5. Globalization, culture and discourse -- 6. The culture of global environmentalist discourse -- 7. Anthropology, social science and environmentalism.

Sommario/riassunto

The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid by social scientists to environmental issues, and a gradual acknowledgement, in the wider community, of the role of social science in the public debate on sustainability. At the same time, the concept of `culture', once the property of anthropologists has gained wide currency among social scientist. These trends have taken place against a growing perception, among specialist and public, of the global nature of contemporary issues. This book shows how an understanding of culture can throw light on the way environmental issues are perceived and interpreted, both by local communities and within the contemporary global arena.Taking an anthropological approach the book examines the relationship between human culture and human ecology, and considers how a cultural approach to the study of environmental issues differs from other established approaches in social science. This book adds significantly to our understanding of environmentalism as a contemporary phenomenon, by demonstrating the distinctive contribution of social and cultural anthropology to the environmental debate. It will be of particular interest to students and researchers in the fields of social science and the environment.