Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought - Softcover

P.R. Hay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086840683X ISBN 13: 9780868406831

Publisher: New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd

Synopsis

Provides a comprehensive overview of the development of environmental thinking between the 1970s and the 1990s. It is unique in its cross-disciplinary approach and in the depth of the questions it explores. Such as: What is the significance of concepts such as,'wilderness', authenticity' & 'sustainability'. What inspires a sympathy for green 'imperatives'?

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About the Author

Peter Hay, Reader in Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Tasmania, is a well known Australian environmental thinker. He was founding convener of the Ecopolitics Association of Australasia and in 1989-90 was Senior Political Advisor to Australia's Minister for Environment and Planning during Tasmania's historic Labor-Green Accord government. His research interests include environmental thought, ecopolitics, the politics of biodiversity, and the cultural, social, economic, and environmental viability of small islands.

Review

"...a welcome and very timely book. In a single volume Hay... explores the philosophical and intellectual foundations and composition of modern, western environmentalism." —Environment

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About this edition

• Publisher: New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd
• ISBN 10: 086840683X
• ISBN 13: 9780868406831
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400