Ecocritique [[electronic resource] ] : contesting the politics of nature, economy, and culture / / Timothy W. Luke

• Autore: Luke Timothy W
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmentalism; Green movement
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-247) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Contesting the Politics of Nature, Economy, and Culture; 1 Deep Ecology as Political Philosophy; 2 Ecological Politics and Local Struggles: Earth First! as an Environmental Resistance Movement; 3 The Nature Conservancy or the Nature Cemetery: Buying and Selling ""Perpetual Care"" as Environmental Resistance; 4 Worldwatching at the Limits of Growth; 5 Environmental Emulations: Terraforming Technologies and the Tourist Trade at Biosphere 2; 6 Green Consumerism: Ecology and the Ruse of Recycling; 7 Marcuse and the Politics of Radical Ecology ; 8 Developing an Arcological Politics: Paolo Soleri on Ecology, Architecture, and Society9 Community and Ecology: Bookchin on the Politics of Ecocommunities and Ecotechnology; Conclusion. New Departures for Ecological Resistance; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Timothy Luke exposes how ecological critics, organizations, and movements manipulate our conception of the environment. Turning the tables on the ecocritics, Luke demonstrates how ecocriticism can move beyond its familiar confines to engage larger cultural, economic, and political questions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecocritique
• ISBN: 0-8166-8761-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457645003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II