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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815577003321

Autore

Gare Arran <1948->

Titolo

Postmodernism and the environmental crisis / / Arran E. Gare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-280-53920-8

1-134-80273-0

0-203-02212-2

9786610539208

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 192 pages)

Disciplina

363.7/001

Soggetti

Environmental sciences - Philosophy

Culture - Philosophy

Postmodernism

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. 164-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 WHAT IS POSTMODERNITY?; POSTMODERNISM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND GLOBALIZATION; CHANGING CLASS COMPOSITION AND CULTURAL CHANGE; THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BOURGEOISIE; CLASS CONFLICT AND CULTURAL POLITICS; THE EVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS; THE NEW SERVICE SUB-CLASS; THE INTELLIGENTSIA; THE DECENTRING OF CULTURE; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POSTMODERN CULTURE; 2 POSTMODERNISM AND POSTSTRUCTURALISM; VICO AND CARTESIAN PHILOSOPHY; VICO AND HEGEL; VICO AND MARX; VICO AND NIETZSCHE; VICO AND HEIDEGGER; THE POSTSTRUCTURALISTS; LANGUAGE: DERRIDA

Sommario/riassunto

Postmodernism and the Environmental Crisis is the only book to combine cultural theory and environmental philosophy. In it, Arran Gare analyses the conjunction between the environmental crisis, the globalisation of capitalism and the disintegration of the culture of modernity. It explains the paradox of growing concern for the environment and the paltry achievements of environmental movements. Through a critique of the philosophies underlying approaches to the environmental crisis, Arran Gare puts forward his own, controversial theory of a new postmodern world view. This would be the foundation



for the environmental movement to succeed. Arran Gare's work will be a vital reading for advanced students of environmental studies, as well as for environmental philosophers and cultural theorists.