The Environment Between Theory and Practice

AvAvner de-Shalit,Oxford) de-Shalit, Avner (Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Associate Fellow of Oxford Centre for Philosophy and the Environment, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Associate Fellow of Oxford Centre for Philosophy and the Environment, Mansfield, College

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Why is there a gap between the questions that environmental philosophers discuss and the issues that motivate environmental activists? The author attempts to bridge this gap by combining tools of political philosophy with questions of environmental ethics and politics. He defends a radical position in relations to environmental protection and social policies in order to put forward a political theory, which is not only philosophically sound, but also relevant to the practice of environmental activism. He argues that several directions in environmental ethics can be at odds with the contemporary political debates surrounding environmental politics. He then goes on to examine the environmental scope of the political theories of liberalism, communitarianism, participatory democracy, and socialism, and concludes that the last two are crucial for protecting the environment.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-03-09
Mått:162 x 241 x 18 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198297697

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Avner de-Shalit Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Associate Fellow of Oxford Centre for Philosophy and the Environment, Mansfield, College, University of Oxford.

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de-Shalit sets out an explicitly political theory of environmentalism in an accessible style ... thoughtful, committed and engaging book.

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Introduction ; PART I: WHY HASN'T ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY HAD AN IMPACT ON POLICIES? ; 1. The social role of the philosopher and the philosophical role of society ; 2. Where philosophy meets politics: the concept of the environment ; PART II: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT: FROM META-ETHICS TO POLITICAL THEORY ; 3. Is liberalism environment friendly? ; 4. The community of nature and the nature of community ; 5. Democracy and the environment: a radical theory of participation ; 6. Socialism and the environment. ; Summary: from theory to practice