Climate change and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : transformational possibilities / / edited by Ruth Irwin

• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.601
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes - Philosophy; Climatology - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: IrwinRuth <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part One: Questioning Modernity; Chapter 1: Field, Being, Climate: Climate Philosophy and Cognitive Evolution; Chapter 2: Nature in the Active Voice; Chapter 3: Reflections on Modern Climate Change and Finitude; Part Two: Transforming Global Politics; Chapter 4: Changing Worldviews to Cope with a Changing Climate; Chapter 5: Education at the End of Nature: Learning to Cope with Climate Change; Chapter 6: Education against Climate Change: Information and Technological Focus Are Not Enough; Part Three: Global Environmental Justice ; Chapter 7: Climate Change Education in a Context of Risk and VulnerabilityChapter 8: Myths of Climate Change: Deckchairs and Development; Part Four: Liberal Responsibility; Chapter 9: Mediated Responsibilities, Global Warming, and the Scope of Ethics; Chapter 10: Transforming Resource Use in the Light of Climate Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a hugely important collection of essays that examines the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. ""Climate Change and Philosophy"" presents ten original essays by an international team of expert contributors, exploring the important contribution philosophical inquiry can make to contemporary debates to do with climate change and the global environment. Examining this hugely topical issue through the lens of environmental philosophy, political theory, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education and feminist theory, these essays interrogat
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate change and philosophy
• ISBN: 1-282-59078-2; 9786612590788; 1-4411-9961-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456763603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum studies in philosophy.