Sustainable Development - Relationships to Culture, Knowledge and Ethics

The emergence of a global and technological world and its accelerating, dissemination before the beginning of the 21st century does not only give rise to technological, economic, social, environmental, political, and educational tasks. Significant philosophical questions, epistemic reflections, and cultural debates result. The aim of this book is to provide information about epistemic, ethical, and cultural implications of sustainable development on an interdisciplinary and international level.

About the author

Oliver Parodi, Philosoph und Wasserbauingenieur, ist am Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse am Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe tätig. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich vorwiegend mit Mensch-Technik-Umwelt-Beziehungen gerne im Kontext von Wasser.

Product details

• Authors: Ignacio Ayestaran, Oliver Parodi
• Assisted by: Ignacio Ayestaran (Editor), Banse (Editor), Banse (Editor), Gerhard Banse (Editor), Olive Parodi (Editor), Oliver Parodi (Editor)
• Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2012
• EAN: 9783866446274
• ISBN: 978-3-86644-627-4
• No. of pages: 229
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 240 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Illustrations: graph. Darst.
• Series: Karlsruher Studien Technik und Kultur; Karlsruher Studien Technik und Kultur; Karlsruher Studien Technik und Kultur / Hrsg.: G. Banse, A. Böhn, A. Grunwald, K. Möser, M. Pfadenhauer
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous