| Environmental Ethics for a Postcolonial World Contributor(s): Curtin, Deane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742525791 ISBN-13: 9780742525795 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: Deane Curtin puts today's most important social and environmental ethical issues into their historical, political, and philosophical contexts, and offers deep insights into the nature of our freedom and its relation to justice in our globalized, commercialized culture. Using familiar literary and historical icons to make surprising points about colonial attitudes and practices, he also demonstrates the unique linkages between colonialism and environmentalism. Using an array of well-documented cases from around the world, Environmental Ethics for a Postcolonial World is an accessible and very readable book ideal for students of environmental ethics, globalization, environmental politics, or environmental political theory, as well as for anyone interested in policy and practical options for change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 179.1 |
| LCCN: 2004017642 |
| Series: Nature's Meaning |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.08" W x 8.26" (0.69 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a fluid narrative style, Environmental Ethics for a Postcolonial World links environmentalism with colonialism and makes the strong case, through well-documented examples, that rapid economic change has caused an environmental and population crisis. Curtin also offers a unique interpretation of familiar history with surprising conclusions about the relationship between colonial attitudes and environmentalism. Today, more than ever, globalization demands that the so-called third world not face their social and environmental issues alone. This book offers clear examples of environmental strategies for our new globalized culture and is not only ideal for courses in environmental ethics, globalization, and environmental politics; it offers students and general readers a practical guide for change. |