Environmentalism : the view from anthropology / / edited by Kay Milton

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Applied anthropology; Environmental policy; Human ecology
• Altri autori: MiltonKay <1951->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Editor's preface; Introduction: Environmentalism and anthropology; Environmentalism: a new moral discourse for technological society?; Globes and spheres: the topology of environmentalism; Between science and shamanism: the advocacy of environmentalism in Toronto; Standing in for nature: the practicalities of environmental organizations' use of science; All animals are equal but some are cetaceans: conservation and culture conflict; The making of an environmental doctrine: public trust and American shellfishermen ; The precautionary principle: use with caution!Tribal metaphorization of human-nature relatedness: a comparative analysis; Rhetoric, practice and incentive in the face of the changing times: a case study in Nuaulu attitudes to conservation and deforestation; Natural symbols and natural history: chimpanzees, elephants and experiments in Mende thought; Local awareness of the soil environment in the Papua New Guinea highlands; Political decision-making: environmentalism, ethics and popular participation in Italy ; Environmental protest, bureaucratic closure: the politics of discourse in rural IrelandEating green(s): discourses of organic food; The resurgence of romanticism: contemporary neopaganism, feminist spirituality and the divinity of nature; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Located in a wide spectrum of current research and practice, from analyses of green ideology and imagery, environmental law and policy, and local environmental activism in the West to ethnographic studies of relationships between humans and their environments in hunter/gatherer societies, Environmentalism: The View from Anthropology offers an original perspective on what is probably the best-known issue of the late twentieth century. It will be particularly useful to all social scientists interested in environmentalism and human ecology, to environmental policy-makers and to undergraduates.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmentalism
• ISBN: 1-904541-56-9; 1-134-86810-3; 1-138-83489-0; 1-134-86811-1; 1-280-07521-X; 0-203-44965-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910222232703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: A.S.A. monographs ; ; 32.