Alienation and Nature in Environmental Philosophy

by Hailwood, Simon

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Title Statements

Full title :Alienation and Nature in Environmental Philosophy / Simon Hailwood.

Summary

Many environmental scientists, scholars and activists characterise our situation as one of alienation from nature, but this notion can easily seem meaningless or irrational. In this book, Simon Hailwood critically analyses the idea of alienation from nature and argues that it can be a useful notion when understood pluralistically. He distinguishes different senses of alienation from nature pertaining to different environmental contexts and concerns, and draws upon a range of philosophical and environmental ideas and themes including pragmatism, eco-phenomenology, climate change, ecological justice, Marxism and critical theory. His novel perspective shows that different environmental concerns - both anthropocentric both anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric - can dovetail, rather than compete with, each other, and that our alienation from nature need not be something to be regretted or overcome. His book will interest a broad readership in environmental philosophy and ethics, political philosophy, geography and environmental studies.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139976749, 1139976745, 9781107081963, 1107081963, 9781107442184, 1107442184
oclc:on1170999678
LC Classification:GF21
Dewey Decimal:304.201

Subjects

Aliénation (Philosophie) Alienation (Philosophy) Écologie humaine -- Philosophie Environmental sciences -- Philosophy Homme -- Influence de l'environnement Human beings -- Effect of environment on Human ecology -- Philosophy Sciences de l'environnement -- Philosop…