Beyond environmentalism : a philosophy of nature /

• Main Author: Foss, Jeffrey E., 1948-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2009]
• Subjects: Environmentalism.; Naturalness (Environmental sciences); Philosophy of nature.; Écologisme.; Naturalité (Sciences de l'environnement); Philosophie de la nature.; Ecologisme.; Naturalite (Sciences de l'environnement); Ökologische Bewegung.; Umweltschutz.; Naturphilosophie.; Electronic books.
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Beyond Environmentalism is the first book of its kind to present a timely and relevant analysis of environmentalism. This innovative book discusses the inconsistencies, both scientific and philosophical, of popular environmentalism and sheds new perspectives on the issues, causes, and debates that e...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: why I wrote this book
• The need for a philosophy of nature
• Environmentalism's apocalyptic assumption
• Environmentalism's transcendental objective
• Environmentalism's anti-human bias
• Science, environmentalism, and environmental science
• Pure environmental science
• Nature and the sacred
• Nature and romance
• Nature and values
• Backward or forward?
• A vision of the future
• Case studies
• Feature boxes.