Radical Human Ecology

Author : Rose Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317071913
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Human Ecology written by Rose Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to critique and to complement insights from modernity and postmodernity. Aimed at an international readership, its contributors show that an inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approach is required. The demands of our era require a scholarship of ontological depth: an approach that can not just debate issues, but also address questions of practice and meaning. Organized into three sections - Head, Heart and Hand - this volume covers the following key research areas: Theories of Human Ecology Indigenous and Wisdom Traditions Eco-spiritual Epistemologies and Ontology Research practice in Human Ecology The researcher-researched relationship Research priorities for a holistic world With the study of human ecology becoming increasingly imperative, this comprehensive volume will be a valuable addition for classroom use.

Author : Lewis Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315603476
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Human Ecology written by Lewis Williams and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lewis Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780344515
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Human Ecology written by Lewis Williams and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to critique and to complement insights from modernity and postmodernity.

Author : Rose Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317071921
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Human Ecology written by Rose Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to critique and to complement insights from modernity and postmodernity. Aimed at an international readership, its contributors show that an inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approach is required. The demands of our era require a scholarship of ontological depth: an approach that can not just debate issues, but also address questions of practice and meaning. Organized into three sections - Head, Heart and Hand - this volume covers the following key research areas: Theories of Human Ecology Indigenous and Wisdom Traditions Eco-spiritual Epistemologies and Ontology Research practice in Human Ecology The researcher-researched relationship Research priorities for a holistic world With the study of human ecology becoming increasingly imperative, this comprehensive volume will be a valuable addition for classroom use.

Author : Carolyn Merchant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136190147
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Ecology written by Carolyn Merchant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of the classic examination of major philosophical, ethical, scientific and economic roots of environmental problems which examines the ways that radical ecologists can transform science and society in order to sustain life on this planet. It features a new Introduction from the author, a thorough updating of chapters, and two entirely new chapters on recent Global Movements and Globalization and the Environment.

Author : Markus Nauser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113491718X
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Ecology written by Markus Nauser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing for environmentally sustainable lifestyles, this envisages a new kind of consciousness based on the notion of the individual as an agent mediating between society and the environment.

Author : Markus Nauser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134917171
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Ecology written by Markus Nauser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We face an environmental catastrophe of global proportions. The ecological rationality of modern society, and of science in particular, is in question. Science still responds to crises at the level of technocratic expertise, and still treats society as an adaptive system. By bringing together a number of integrative approaches to the human-environment problem, Human Ecology shapes a more radical, fundamental agenda for change. The book creates a framework for a cohesive discourse, for a "new human ecology". From the notion that the individual person is an agent mediating between society and environment, the individual contributors recognize that the environmental crisis is really a crisis of society - manifesting itself in an increasing fragmentation of lives in general and knowledge in particular. Arguing for environmentally sustainable lifestyles, the book envisages a new kind of consciousness and a new environment.

Author : Andy Fisher
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791488926
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Ecopsychology written by Andy Fisher and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal in its style yet radical in its vision, Radical Ecopsychology offers an original introduction to ecopsychology—an emerging field that ties the human mind to the natural world. In order for ecopsychology to be a force for social change, Andy Fisher insists it must become a more comprehensive and critical undertaking. Drawing masterfully from humanistic psychology, hermeneutics, phenomenology, radical ecology, nature writing, and critical theory, he develops a compelling account of how the human psyche still belongs to nature. This daring and innovative book proposes a psychology that will serve all life, providing a solid base not only for ecopsychological practice, but also for a critical theory of modern society.

Author : Michael E. Zimmerman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052091922X
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contesting Earth's Future written by Michael E. Zimmerman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical ecology typically brings to mind media images of ecological activists standing before loggers' saws, staging anti-nuclear marches, and confronting polluters on the high seas. Yet for more than twenty years, the activities of organizations such as the Greens and Earth First! have been influenced by a diverse, less-publicized group of radical ecological philosophers. It is their work—the philosophical underpinnings of the radical ecological movement—that is the subject of Contesting Earth's Future. The book offers a much-needed, balanced appraisal of radical ecology's principles, goals, and limitations. Michael Zimmerman critically examines the movement's three major branches—deep ecology, social ecology, and ecofeminism. He also situates radical ecology within the complex cultural and political terrain of the late twentieth century, showing its relation to Martin Heidegger's anti-technological thought, 1960s counterculturalism, and contemporary theories of poststructuralism and postmodernity. An early and influential ecological thinker, Zimmerman is uniquely qualified to provide a broad overview of radical environmentalism and delineate its various schools of thought. He clearly describes their defining arguments and internecine disputes, among them the charge that deep ecology is an anti-modern, proto-fascist ideology. Reflecting both the movement's promise and its dangers, this book is essential reading for all those concerned with the worldwide ecological crisis.

Author : Victor J. Papanek
Publisher : Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design for the Real World written by Victor J. Papanek and published by Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design. In this edition, Victor Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, the frivolous, the useless product, once again providing a blueprint for sensible, responsible design in this world which is deficient in resources and energy.