Utvidet returrett til 31. januar 2024

The Logic of Environmentalism

- Anthropology, Ecology and Postcoloniality

Om The Logic of Environmentalism

Although modernity's understanding of nature and culture has now been superseded by that of environmentalism, the power to define the meaning of both, and hence the meaning of the world itself, remains in the same (Western) hands. This bold argument is at the center of this provocative book that challenges the widespread assumption that environmentalism reflects a radical departure from modernity. Our perception of nature may have changed, the author maintains, but environmentalism remains a thoroughly modernist project. It reproduces the cultural logic of modernity, a logic that finds meaning in unity and therefore strives to efface difference, and to reconfirm the position of the West as the source of all legitimate signification.

Vis mer
  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781845451059
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 208
  • Utgitt:
  • 1. september 2005
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 153x227x12 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 318 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
  Gratis frakt
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 27. november 2024

Beskrivelse av The Logic of Environmentalism

Although modernity's understanding of nature and culture has now been superseded by that of environmentalism, the power to define the meaning of both, and hence the meaning of the world itself, remains in the same (Western) hands. This bold argument is at the center of this provocative book that challenges the widespread assumption that environmentalism reflects a radical departure from modernity. Our perception of nature may have changed, the author maintains, but environmentalism remains a thoroughly modernist project. It reproduces the cultural logic of modernity, a logic that finds meaning in unity and therefore strives to efface difference, and to reconfirm the position of the West as the source of all legitimate signification.

Brukervurderinger av The Logic of Environmentalism



Finn lignende bøker
Boken The Logic of Environmentalism finnes i følgende kategorier:

Gjør som tusenvis av andre bokelskere

Abonner på vårt nyhetsbrev og få rabatter og inspirasjon til din neste leseopplevelse.