Contesting Earth''s Future - Radical Ecology and Postmodernity

"By linking environmental philosophy and Continental thought, Zimmerman's book represents a landmark in both fields."—J. Baird Callicott, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Deep Ecology's Wider Identification with Nature 
2. Deep Ecology and Counterculturalism 
3. Deep Ecology, Heidegger, and Postmodem Theory 
4. Social Ecology and Its Critique of Deep Ecology 
5. Radical Ecology, Transpersonal Psychology, and the Evolution of Consciousness 
6. Ecofeminism's Critique of the Patriarchal Domination of Woman and Nature 
7. Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology 
8. Chaos Theory, Ecological Sensibility, and Cyborgism 
Notes 
Index

About the author

Michael E. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University and author of Heidegger's Confrontation with Modernity (1990) and Eclipse of the Self: The Development of Heidegger's Concept of Authenticity (1981).

Summary

Radical ecology typically brings to mind media images of ecological activists standing before loggers' saws, staging anti-nuclear marches, and confronting polluters on the high seas. This book offers a balanced appraisal of radical ecology's principles, goals, and limitations.

Product details

• Authors: Michael E. Zimmerman
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.1997
• EAN: 9780520209077
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20907-7
• No. of pages: 447
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Social impact of environmental issues, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Demonstrations & protest movements, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Pressure groups & lobbying