Post-Ecologist Politics - Social Theory and the Abdication of the Ecologist Paradigm

List of contents

Part 1 Preliminaries; Chapter 1 Ecological Concern and Theoretical Enquiry; Chapter 2 Ecology in Crisis; Chapter 3 Towards Post-Ecologism; Part 2 Understanding Ecologism – Critical Theory; Chapter 4 Alienation and Reconciliation – Horkheimer and Adorno; Chapter 5 Pluralisation and Reflexivity – Ulrich Beck; Part 3 Deconstructing Ecologism – Systems Theory; Chapter 6 Autopoietic Systems and Functional Differentiation – Niklas Luhmann I; Chapter 7 Ecological Communication – Niklas Luhmann II; Part 4 Post-Ecologism; Chapter 8 Ecology Without Identity; Chapter 9 Avoiding Ecologist Fallacies; Chapter 10 Managing the Transition to Post-Ecologist Politics;

About the author

Ingolfur Blühdorn is a Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Bath. His previous publications include The Green Agenda: Environmental Politics and Policy in Germany (co-edited with Frank Krause and Tom Scharf).

Summary

Why has radical ecological criticism had so little impact, despite the urgency of the issues it highlights? This and other questions are answered in this challenging theoretical critique of ecological thought.

Product details

• Authors: Ingolfur Bluhdorn, Ingolfur Blühdorn
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780415192033
• ISBN: 978-0-415-19203-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Weight: 488 g
• Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social impact of environmental issues, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism