Ecology Of Everyday Life: Rethinking the Desire for Nature - Softcover

Heller, Chaia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551641321 ISBN 13: 9781551641324

Publisher: Black Rose Books, 1999

Synopsis

Examines the ecological impulse as a"desire for nature."

About this title

About the Author

Heller holds a MA in Psychology and has worked for many years as a clinical social worker counselling and advocating for women struggling with issues of domestic abuse and proverty.

Review

"An incisive discussion on the ideas of desire and everyday life. This is an exciting, provocative, and truly insightful work." - Murray Bookchin, Professor Emeritus of the Institute for Social Ecology, and author of over twenty books. "Heller brings back the joy and spontaneity to activism, reminding us that the struggle articulates our deepest desires as social creatures." - Greta Gaard, author of Ecological Politics: Ecofeminists and the Greens "Anyone searching for ways to rethink and remake the world should read this book." - Carolyn Merchant, author of The Death of Nature and Earthcare: Women and the Environment "An original and enlightening proposal that reaches towards the most current trends in political ecology, environmentalism and beyond." - Arturo Escobar, Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551641321
• ISBN 13: 9781551641324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204