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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454571203321

Titolo

The politics of nature : explorations in green political theory / / edited by Andrew Dobson and Paul Lucardie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-138-15926-3

1-134-80301-X

1-280-32095-8

9786610320950

0-203-43245-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DobsonAndrew

LucardiePaul <1946->

Disciplina

322.4/4

Soggetti

Green movement

Environmentalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

New in paperback 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Introduction; THE IDEA OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; WHY WOULD EGOCENTRISTS BECOME ECOCENTRISTS? ON INDIVIDUALISM AND HOLISM IN GREEN POLITICAL THEORY; TOWARDS A GREEN POLITICAL THEORY; GREEN DEMOCRACY?; CAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY SURVIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS? SUSTAINABILITY, LIBERAL NEUTRALITY AND OVERLAPPING CONSENSUS; TO DE-INDUSTRIALIZE; IS IT SO IRRATIONAL?; ECONOMIC THEORIES AND THE NECESSARY INTEGRATION OF ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS; ECOLOGICAL VERSUS SOCIAL RATIONALITY: CAN THERE BE GREEN SOCIAL POLICIES?

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSECOFEMINISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE GENDERED SELF; CRITICAL THEORY AND GREEN POLITICS; GREEN BELIEFS AND RELIGION; Afterword; Name index; Subject index;

Sommario/riassunto

A balanced and comprehensive survey of current green political ideas - their varying responses to fundamental problems in political theory and



their relationships with other ideological traditions.