Edited by the leading experts in contemporary environmental philosophy, this anthology features the best available selections that cover the full range of positions within this rapidly developing field. Environmental Ethics (Individualist and Holistic approaches). Deep Ecology. Ecofeminism, Political Ecology. For anyone interested in Environmental Ethics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issues, Conservation Biology, Environmental Geography.

Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology (3rd Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sessions, George

Warren, Karen J.

Warren, Karen

Callicott,J. Baird

Zimmerman, Michæl E.

CLARK, JOHN

Philosophy

PRENTICE/HALL

Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century (Clear Light Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Shambhala

Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological, and sociological roots of today's environmental movement, examines the human-centered assumptions behind most approaches to nature, explores the possibilities of an expanded human consciousness, and offers specific direct action suggestions for individuals to practice. Widely read in it first printing, Deep Ecology has established itself as one of the most significant books on environmental thought to appear in this decade. "Deep Ecology is subversive, but it's the kind of subversion we can use." --San Francisco Chronicle "This book is an attempt at codifying a scattered body of ecological insight into a philosophy that places human beings on an absolutely equal footing with all other creatures on the planet." --Stephanie Mills, Whole Earth Review "Difficult and (to some) unfamiliar insights on nature and human beings presented with simplicity and clarity, Deep Ecology rattles a cage full of occidental presumptions and yet it all seems almost like common sense." --Gary Snyder Bill Devall has studied the social organization, politics, psychology and philosophy of the environmental movement for fifteen years. He teaches at Humbolt State University in California and is active in many environmental groups including Earth First! and the Sierra Club. George Sessions teaches philosophy at Sierra College California. He was appointed to the Mountaineering Committee of the the Sierra Club in 1962, has served as a philosophy consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is editor of the International Ecophilosophy Newsletter.

Deep Ecology

Business & Money

Devall, Bill

Economics

Gibbs M. Smith

Every day, in newspapers and on television, we read and hear about the ongoing destruction of the environment: the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, deforestation, and air and water pollution. Deep Ecology offers a solution to the environmental crisis through a radical shift in human consciousness—a fundamental change in the way people relate with the environment. Instead of thinking of nature as a resource to be used for human needs, Deep Ecology argues that the true value of nature is intrinsic and independent of its utility. Emerging in the 1980s as an influential philosophical, social, and political movement, Deep Ecology has shaped the environmental debate among leading activists and policymakers—from former Vice-President Al Gore to Dave Forman, cofounder of Earth First! Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century contains thirty-nine articles by the leading writers and thinkers in the filed, offering a comprehensive array of perspectives on this new approach to environmentalism, exploring: • The basic philosophy of Deep Ecology. • Its roots in the writings of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Rachel Carson. • The relationship of Deep Ecology to social ecology, ecofeminism, the Greens, and New Age futurism. • How Deep Ecology as a way of life is exemplified by two important environmentalists: poet Gary Snyder and Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess. • The philosophical dimensions of this environmental movement by its leading theorist. • The politics of ecological sustainability and the social and political implications of Deep Ecology for the next century.

Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century: Readings on the Philosophy and Practice of the New Environmentalism

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