Social Construction of Nature - A Sociology of Ecological Enlightenment

Informationen zum Autor Klaus Eder has written extensively on class, social movements and social structure. He is author of the New Politics of Class (SAGE 1993). Klappentext This book is a unique and agenda-setting interpretation of nature and ecology. Zusammenfassung This book is a unique and agenda-setting interpretation of nature and ecology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART ONE: A SOCIAL THEORY OF NATURE The Theoretical Construction of Nature A Critique of Naturalistic Theories of Evolution The Evolution of the Societal Relationship to Nature as a Learning Process? An Ecological Critique of Practical Reason PART TWO: FROM NATURE TO CULTURE Culinary Morality A Comparative Analysis of Food Taboos Carnivorous and Vegetarian Culture Two Models of the Symbolic Organization of Society The Modern Discourse on What To Eat A Sociology of the Natural Foods Movement PART THREE: THE MODERN POLITICS OF NATURE Framing and Communicating Nature The Political Transformation of Modern Environmentalism The Politics of Nature A New Politics?

Product details

• Authors: Klaus Eder
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.1996
• EAN: 9780803978485
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7848-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society; Theory, Culture & Society (Har; Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society; Published in Association with
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social impact of environmental issues