This scientifically rigorous and philosophically sophisticated defense of environmentalism is meant to excite, educate, and alarm the reader. There is a widespread scientific and public recognition that the world is facing an environmental crisis of vast proportions. What is the relationship between the growth of human population and industrial activity on one hand and the environmental crisis on the other? If this is not determined and dealt with, Earth's ecology may be expected to collapse.
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This scientifically rigorous and philosophically sophisticated defense of environmentalism is meant to excite, educate, and alarm the reader. There is a widespread scientific and public recognition that the world is facing an environmental crisis of vast proportions.
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Preface A Wounded World: Can Civilization Be Sustained? Global Meltdown: Population Growth and Environmental Destruction The Unreasonable Silence of the World: Postmodernity and the Crisis of Philosophy, Science and Knowledge Economic Irrationalism: Against Cosmopolitan Economics Endgame: Healing a Wounded World Bibliography Index
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This scientifically rigorous and philosophically sophisticated defense of environmentalism against economics-based criticism and technological optimism is meant to excite, educate, and alarm the reader.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780275956011
Publisert
1997-04-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
624 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
232

Om bidragsyterne

JOSEPH WAYNE SMITH is Senior Research Fellow in Geography at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Dr. Smith is a widely published author on the subject of the future of the earth. GRAHAM LYONS is a leading Adelaide businessman, cattle rancher, and environmentalist. GARY SAUER-THOMPSON is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Flinders University of South Australia.