02186nam 2200469Ia 450 991097422210332120251116222904.01-315-73014-61-317-54804-3(CKB)3710000000238007(EBL)1782455(MiAaPQ)EBC1782455(OCoLC)794490820(FINmELB)ELB136732(EXLCZ)99371000000023800720101214d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAdorno on nature /Deborah CookDurham Acumen2011Durham :Acumen,2011.1 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-13015-9 1-84465-255-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1. Critical materialism ; 2. Nature, red in tooth and claw ; 3. Thought thinking itself ; 4. Adorno's endgame ; 5. Adorno and radical ecology ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; IndexDecades before the environmental movement emerged in the 1960's, Adorno condemned our destructive and self-destructive relationship to the natural world, warning of the catastrophe that may result if we continue to treat nature as an object that exists exclusively for our own benefit. ""Adorno on Nature"" presents the first detailed examination of the pivotal role of the idea of natural history in Adorno's work. A comparison of Adorno's concerns with those of key ecological theorists - social ecologist Murray Bookchin, ecofeminist Carolyn Merchant, and deep ecologist Arne Naess - reveals how...Philosophy of naturePhilosophy of nature.333.72Cook Deborah1954-880338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974222103321Adorno on nature4490270UNINA