05131nam 2200673 450 991045343610332120200520144314.01-78350-137-5(CKB)2550000001180243(EBL)1593388(OCoLC)866643577(SSID)ssj0001127340(PQKBManifestationID)11667100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001127340(PQKBWorkID)11169932(PQKB)10531276(MiAaPQ)EBC1593388(Au-PeEL)EBL1593388(CaPaEBR)ebr10825575(CaONFJC)MIL560357(EXLCZ)99255000000118024320140114d2013 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEnvironmental philosophy the art of life in a world of limits /edited by Liam Leonard, Independent Researcher and Academic Consultant, Orange County, CA, USA [and four others]First edition.Bingley, United Kingdom :Emerald,2013.1 online resource (223 p.)Advances in sustainability and environmental justice,2051-5030 ;volume 13Description based upon print version of record.1-78350-136-7 1-306-29106-2 Includes bibliographical references.FRONT COVER; ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: THE ART OF LIFE IN A WORLD OF LIMITS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MACINTYRE AND HAVEL AS GREEN POLITICAL THINKERS: UNREASONABLE THINKING IN TURBULENT TIMES; INTRODUCTION; HAVEL AND THE IMPERATIVE TO 'LIVE IN TRUTH': DISSENT AND GREEN POLITICS; MACINTYRE AS A GREEN THINKER: VULNERABILITY IN POLITICAL AND MORAL THEORY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE TRANSITION TO GREEN LIFESTYLES BASED ON VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY: THE DIFFICULT ROAD TOWARDS ENJOYABLE, GRACEFUL AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES; INTRODUCTIONTHE NEED FOR A RADICALLY NEW CONSUMER CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES SOCIAL FACTORS INCREASING THE NECESSITY FOR RADICAL CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE AND CONSUMPTION; LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE REDUCTION OF CONSUMERISM; GREEN LIFESTYLES AND VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY; SLOWING DOWN, ENJOYING FREE TIME AND WORKING LESS; GRACEFULNESS AND ELEGANCE VERSUS AUSTERITY; SYSTEMATICALLY INVESTING IN HIGH TECH GREEN PRODUCTS AND CONSUMING 'DIFFERENTLY'; CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; REFERENCES; THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WARMING (1): CLIMATE SCIENCE AND SCEPTICISM; INTRODUCTION; CLIMATE SCIENCE; CLIMATE SCEPTICISM; NOTESREFERENCES THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WARMING (2): TWO OBSTACLES TO CIRCUMVENT; TWO IMMEDIATE OBSTACLES; SYNDROMES AND SOLUTIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; A CALL FOR A NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ATTENTION: MINDFULNESS AS A NEW COMMONS; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING OUR DILEMMA: CAPITALISM'S PSYCHIC INVESTMENT; CAPITAL AS POWER AND MASS CONSUMERISM; CONSUMERISM AND THE 'POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIES OF INDIVIDUALS'; CAPITALIST REALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY; CONCLUSIONS: MINDFULNESS AS COMMONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; TERRITORY IN A WORLD OF LIMITS: EXPLORING CLAIMS TO OIL AND ICE; BASIC NEEDS AND TERRITORYTHE SCOPE OF TERRITORIAL RIGHTS: QUESTIONING RIGHTS TO THE ARCTIC AND UNDERGROUND RESOURCE RIGHTS CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; MANDATORY NON-ANTHROPOCENTRISM: THE POLITICAL UNREALISM OF MAKING METAETHICAL DEMANDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; NOTES; REFERENCES; IRISH RUINS ANCIENT AND NEW: GHOST ESTATES, MEGALITHS AND HUMAN RELATIONS WITH THE REST OF NATURE; INTRODUCTION; IRISH RUINS ANCIENT AND NEW: MEGALITHIC ROMANCE AND ENIGMA; RUINS AS A METAPHOR FOR RESISTANCE TO THE MODERNISATION PROCESS; GHOST ESTATES AND THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS: MODERNITY, DISREGARD FOR THE REST OF NATURE, AND PROFIT; NOTESREFERENCES WALKING RESPECTFULLY ON THE EARTH: A PROBLEM FOR DEEP ECOLOGY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCESHumankind has long considered the relationship it holds with nature to be both a blessing and a challenge. The onset of climate change has brought a new impetus to this relationship. This volume of Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice will examine environmental philosophy from a number of viewpoints. Each contributor has a unique perspective on the interaction and engagement between humanity and the rest of nature, from the technological to the philosophical. Environmental Philosophy: the Art of Life in a World of Limits provides a series of interesting studies on humanity'sAdvances in Sustainability and Environmental JusticeEnvironmental sciencesPhilosophyEnvironmental ethicsEnvironmentalismElectronic books.Environmental sciencesPhilosophy.Environmental ethics.Environmentalism.333.701Leonard Liam1035126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453436103321Environmental philosophy2457058UNINA