Political Nature: Environmentalism and the Interpretation of Western Thought

by John M. Meyer

Book Overview

Concern over environmental problems is prompting us to reexamine established thinking about society and politics. The challenge is to find a way for the public's concern for the environment to become more integral to social, economic, and political decision making. Two interpretations have dominated Western portrayals of the nature-politics relationship, what John Meyer calls the dualist and the derivative. The dualist account holds that politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262632241
• ISBN13: 9780262632249
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher