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Record Nr.

UNINA9910222232703321

Titolo

Environmentalism : the view from anthropology / / edited by Kay Milton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-904541-56-9

1-134-86810-3

1-138-83489-0

1-134-86811-1

1-280-07521-X

0-203-44965-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

A.S.A. monographs ; ; 32

Altri autori (Persone)

MiltonKay <1951->

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Applied anthropology

Environmental policy

Human ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Editor's preface; Introduction: Environmentalism and anthropology; Environmentalism: a new moral discourse for technological society?; Globes and spheres: the topology of environmentalism; Between science and shamanism: the advocacy of environmentalism in Toronto; Standing in for nature: the practicalities of environmental organizations' use of science; All animals are equal but some are cetaceans: conservation and culture conflict; The making of an environmental doctrine: public trust and American shellfishermen

The precautionary principle: use with caution!Tribal metaphorization of human-nature relatedness: a comparative analysis; Rhetoric, practice and incentive in the face of the changing times: a case study in Nuaulu attitudes to conservation and deforestation; Natural symbols and natural history: chimpanzees, elephants and experiments in Mende thought; Local awareness of the soil environment in the Papua New Guinea highlands; Political decision-making: environmentalism, ethics and popular participation in Italy



Environmental protest, bureaucratic closure: the politics of discourse in rural IrelandEating green(s): discourses of organic food; The resurgence of romanticism: contemporary neopaganism, feminist spirituality and the divinity of nature; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Located in a wide spectrum of current research and practice, from analyses of green ideology and imagery, environmental law and policy, and local environmental activism in the West to ethnographic studies of relationships between humans and their environments in hunter/gatherer societies, Environmentalism: The View from Anthropology offers an original perspective on what is probably the best-known issue of the late twentieth century. It will be particularly useful to all social scientists interested in environmentalism and human ecology, to environmental policy-makers and to undergraduates.