The Environment Between Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780198297697

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Opis

Why is there a gap between the questions that environmental philosophers discuss and the issues that motivate environmental activists? The author attempts to bridge this gap by combining tools of political philosophy with questions of environmental ethics and politics. He defends a radical position in relations to environmental protection and social policies, in order to put forward a political theory, which is not only philosophically sound, but also relevant to the practice of environmental activism. He argues that attempts to find independent values in nature can be at odds with the contemporary political debates surrounding environmental politics.

Recenzje

Fine contribution to ecological political theory ... de-Shalit offers a refreshing and well-argued political alternative to environmental philosophy as guidance for public affairs.

O autorze

Avner de-Shalit Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Associate Fellow of Oxford Centre for Philosophy and the Environment, Mansfield, College, University of Oxford.