Environmental Thought - A Short History

"An ambitious and wide-ranging synthesis of the history of environmental thought by a leading philosopher"--

List of contents

Table of contents:
Introduction
1 Pre-Modern Attitudes and Influences
2 Early Modern Reflections
3 Darwin and His Successors
4 The American Debate
5 Foundations of the Science of Ecology
6 Further Origins of Conservation
7 Early Environmentalism
8 Environmental Philosophy and Kindred Studies
9 Green Issues and Movements
10 The Environmental Crisis
Conclusion
References
Index

About the author

Robin Attfield is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University. He has taught and carried out research in ethics, philosophy of religion, history of philosophy and environmental philosophy for more than 50 years, and is the author or editor of 15 books and more than 250 articles and chapters.

Product details

• Authors: Attfield, Robin Attfield, Robin (Cardiff University) Attfield, Attfield Robin
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781509536658
• ISBN: 978-1-5095-3665-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, The environment, Science / Environmental Science