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

ISBN-13: 9780415192033 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 238 str.

Ingolfur Bluhdorn

Opis

Since the late 1980s, ecological thought and the European eco-movement have gone through a phase of fundamental transformation which has been widely acknowledged. This text argues that theoretical models are indispensable in interpreting social processes, including environmental change and the multi-level discourse about it. It questions why radical ecological criticism has had such little impact on contemporary society, despite the urgency of the issues it highlights, and offers a theoretical critique of ecological thought itself.

Recenzje

'An extraordinary book ... it is extremely well researched and based on a number of interesting theorists and theoretical debates.'
- John Barry, Environmental Values, Vol 13, 2004, No. 1

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

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).