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

ISBN-13: 9781138007246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015

Ingolfur Bluhdorn

Opis

This text argues that theoretical models can help in interpreting social processes, and questions why radical ecological criticism has had little impact on contemporary society.

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).