Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In this book, the author illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an "ethica…
Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In this work, Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical f…
Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In this book, the author illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an "ethica…
"The human condition is composed of culturally mediated biology, and this inherently dual nature is key to our understanding of human/environment interaction. Human Ecology provides a fresh view on the interrelationship between cultural strategies and their biological outcomes. …
Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. But often the key ideas of social theorists are expressed in highly technical and difficult language that …
"This Report aims to inspire and guide the researchers and practitioners who can help advance a new set of development approaches based on a fuller consideration of psychological and social influences."--Page 2.
Een aantallen opstellen over het Engeland van vandaag, waarin weergegeven wordt hoe over voedsel wordt gedacht binnen een bepaalde sociale context. Sociale betrekkingen tussen mensen in termen van 'hoog' en 'laag', ongelijke materiele verdeling, vrijheid van keuze, de verhouding…
This textbook introduces the reader to the new and emerging field of Conservation Psychology, which explores connections between the study of human behavior and the achievement of conservation goals. People are often cast as villains in the story of environmental degradation, se…
Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings could at last take control of their lives and tame the uncontrolled forces of the social and natural worlds. And yet, at the dawn …
"Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. It begins with the notion that such activity is attractive in its very repulsion, and that it creates something sacred even in the most secular of societies and circumstances. In specifying the human face as the…
"Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. It begins with the notion that such activity is attractive in its very repulsion, and that it creates something sacred even in the most secular of societies and circumstances. In specifying the human face as the…
