Modern Environmentalism

An Introduction

David Pepper

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Routledge
04 January 1996

History of ideas; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Modern Environmentalism presents a comprehensive introduction to environmentalism, the history of attitudes

to nature and environment, and how these ideas relate to modern environmental ideologies. Examining key environmental ideas within their social and historical context, the book outlines radical environmentalist approaches to valuing nature, to economics, third world development, technology, ecofeminism and social change. This entirely new account interprets

and synthesises the explosion of writing on the environment

since the appearance of Pepper's earlier work, The Roots of

Modern Environmentalism . Pre-modern ideas about nature and

humankind's relationship to it, the developments in science, and the roots of radical environmentalism in nineteenth and twentieth century movements are surveyed. The main influences include Malthus, Darwin and Haeckel, utopian socialism, romanticism, and organic and holistic systems thinkers. Science is placed at the heart of the society/nature debate as the major constituent of our cultural filter, explaining how postmodern ideas of subjectivity and the breakdown of scientific authority have developed and scientific 'truths' about nature have become divorced from their social and ideological context. Modern Environmentalism offers a greater understanding of environmentalism and the environmental debate, and the different approaches to establishing the desired ecological society.

By: David Pepper
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 725g
ISBN: 9780415057448
ISBN 10: 0415057442
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 04 January 1996
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Pepper

Reviews for Modern Environmentalism: An Introduction

... a suberbly crafted synthesis of a complex, still-evolving field of inquiry. - Choice Modern Environmentalism is exceptional in the range of issues that it addresses, the breadth of sources upon which it draws, and the clarity of presentation that marks every page. The book stands in a class of its own. - Journal of Political Ecology