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" Environmental culture : "
Val Plumwood.
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1039142
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b793512
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Plumwood, Val.
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Environmental culture : : the ecological crisis of reason /\ Val Plumwood.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2002.
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Environmental philosophies series
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vii, 291 pages ;; 22 cm.
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0203996437
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: 0415178770
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: 0415178789
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: 9780203996430
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: 9780415178778
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: 9780415178785
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
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| Contents
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The ecological crisis of reason -- Rationalism and the ambiguity of science -- The politics of ecological rationality -- Inequality and ecological rationality -- The blindspots of centrism and human self-enclosure -- Philosophy, prudence and anthropocentrism -- The ethics of commodification -- Towards a dialogical interspecies ethics -- Unity, solidarity and deep ecology -- Towards a materialist spirituality of place.
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"Environmental Culture: the ecological crisis of reason is a much needed account of what has gone wrong in our relationship with the environment. Written by one of our leading environmental thinkers, it is a compelling exploration of the contemporary ecological crisis, its origins, and the cultural illusions that lie behind it. Val Plumwood argues that historically-traceable distortions of reason and culture have resulted in dangerous forms of ecological denial. They have had a widespread effect in areas as diverse as economics, politics, science, ethics, and spirituality, and appear in the currently dominant form of globalisation. Cutting through the 'prudence versus ethic' debate that has stunted environmental philosophy, Plumwood analyses our ethical and spiritual failures as closely linked to our perpetual and prudential failures to situate ourselves as ecological beings. She argues that in the process, we gain a false idea of our own character and location, including an illusory sense of independence from nature, making us insensitive to ecological limits, dependencies and interconnections. Environmental Culture: the ecological crisis of reason presents a radically new picture of how our culture must change in order to develop an ecologically rational society. Drawing on a range of ideas from feminism, democracy, globalisation and post-colonial thought, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the environment and our place in it." -- Provided by publisher
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"Environmental Culture: the ecological crisis of reason presents a radically new picture of how our culture must change in order to develop an ecologically rational society. Drawing on a range of ideas from feminism, democracy, globalisation and post-colonial thought, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the environment and our place in it."--BOOK JACKET.
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Human ecology-- Philosophy.
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Reason.
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Écologie humaine-- Philosophie.
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Raison.
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Écologie humaine.
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Human ecology-- Philosophy.
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Reason.
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Umweltethik
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Umweltethik.
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| Dewey Classification
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304.2
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GF21.P58 2002
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08.38bcl
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5,1ssgn
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